How does GRP work?

chadj · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 8

Avenj,
Thanks man you rock!

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

THANK YOU!!!!!

The kernel emerge works now! Thank you very much!

TheMatt · n00b Joined: 22 May 2003 Posts: 35 Location: Boulder, CO

Avenj, what if we gave up on GRP and started using a traditional approach? Is there a good way to remove all the tarbzall's I have in /usr/portage? Like an emerge command, or just rm a directory? I'd hate to bork my system by removing the wrong thing. Note, I used the old cp -a command.

Also, I think you'll want to change the GRP Disc 2 "cp -a" command as well. It currently reads:

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

New issue: I try to genkernel the gentoo-sources, but it tries to call out to the internet again.

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: What if we gave up...?

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject:

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Can I get the new genkernel without having to enter CVS?

Yes; I used "emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources" successfully.

Also, I did manage (through manual kernel configuration) to boot off the HDD, but when I did, I had NO modules loaded and I couldn't load any myself (modprobe refused to load anything). Also, I could not access my CDROM drive (it said that /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 did not exist).

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:11 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you need to fix your kernel config.

For genkernel, if you can emerge sync, you can get the new one - emerge -u genkernel after emerge sync

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

That's the problem; I can't do anything that requires dialing out to the internet.

I have a Conextant HSF modem that requires a special driver.

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject:

Apparently that version of genkernel insists on remerging the kernel even if it's installed...

If you can't get a newer version of genkernel, here's a workaround:

Edit /usr/sbin/genkernel (it's a bash script) and search for the function 'doemerge'

Look for:
else
ebegin "Emerging "$KERNEL" stable version"
emerge --pretend "$KERNEL" || die
emerge "$KERNEL" || die
eend
fi

Change that to:

else
ebegin "Emerging "$KERNEL" stable version"
emerge -pn "$KERNEL" || die
emerge -n "$KERNEL" || die
eend
fi

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Will try ASAP; had to start over again.

neenee · Veteran Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 1786

ooh.. i'm having loads of fun installing gentoo for the first time.
i've run into this genkernel problem as well.. but i do have net
access. but i wanted to do a 'quick' gentoo install (i think it said
it was possible in about an hour somewhere in the install guide
or grp info text)... but it seems it's not possible for me yet.

now i wonder why i left slackware to try this. lol..

*sighs*.. and goes back to his other system to try and install
gentoo for the fifth time this evening.

i'll get there.

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 9:13 pm Post subject:

GRP does suck this time around - it's the first real GRP release (rc2 had kind of a beta GRP, but it was completely different from this GRP build).

QA is also not where it should be, which is largely my fault. Despite efforts to get people to QA test, people tend to put it off until it's too late, and I don't have the hardware to test all of the builds myself.

I've already resigned as release coordinator - hopefully whoever picks it up will do a better job with the next release.

neenee · Veteran Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 1786

i'm glad it's not me, and i will not move on to
trying to install from stage 3 with net access.

good luck with the GRP project :)

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Mistakes happen; please don't bee too hard on yourself. You've been a tremendous help here.

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject:

With regards to genkernel, I will put up new ISOs tonight with a fresh datestamp that have the new genkernel.

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

New error message:

cdimage linux # genkernel vanilla-sources
* Emerging vanilla-sources stable version...

There are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!

Calculating dependencies ...done!

>>> Auto-cleaning packages ...

>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.

* GNU info directory index is up-to-date

* Setting root device to /dev/hda3
Cannot find kernel NAME /tmp/KV
: aborting

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

Will the official Gentoo set I bought have these updates in it?

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject:

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

OK. Just curious, since they said that it'd start shipping on the 5th.

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

I managed to emerge sync on the machine I'm currently attempting the install on (it's a VMware 4 virtual machine, which I'm using before I nuke my Slackware 9 box again).

Is there any way I can mount my Dell USB key while running this install? I downloaded the updated genkernel and saved it there.

avenj · Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject:

The genkernel issue only affects the x86 and i686 LiveCDs, apparently.

Fresh x86 and i686 GRP CD1 LiveCDs are on their way to mirrors. Check oregonstate.edu in about an hour. They're datestamped as 20030806.

djoi · n00b Joined: 10 Nov 2002 Posts: 49

spacejunk · n00b Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 29

I will try the new LiveCD tomorrow.

I have 56k at home; work has DSL.

Jimbow · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 4:21 am Post subject: