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LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:13 pm

I am new to gentoo and I am trying to install the stage 3 version. I have gone through the install docs and it just dosnt seem to help. I boot off of my live cd and it dumps me out at "newroot #" Any step by step info for me? thanks.

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:45 pm

LateNightTip,

Thats what the liveCD does. You need this document http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:50 pm

Now I am getting two errors,

"Invalid Loop location: /livecd.squashfs"
"can't access tty; job control turned off"

kimchi_sg · Post by **kimchi_sg** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:51 pm

LateNightTip wrote:Now I am getting two errors,

"Invalid Loop location: /livecd.squashfs"
"can't access tty; job control turned off"

Does the liveCD continue to boot after these messages, or does it stop there?

Also take note of my sig with regards to computer output (ie, error messages!).

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:55 pm

it just stops after i get the tty error..

Duck-Billed Platypus · Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:56 pm

have you checked the md5sum of the iso?

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:57 pm

yes i have...all checks out ok

Duck-Billed Platypus · Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:58 pm

which livecd version? minimal or universal?

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:59 pm

it is the universal

Duck-Billed Platypus · Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:03 am

someone else on IRC was having a problem really similar..

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:05 am

does it sound like a cd burn issue or a system failure?

Duck-Billed Platypus · Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:06 am

if you can, try the minimal.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:09 am

Ok, I will try that. If you guys think of anything else just send the comments here. Thanks for the help.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:57 am

I got it! I was trying to boot from the cd-r drive and it would stop at the said error message. I took the cd out and booted from my dvd drive and it works. I have no idea as to why it would matter but it did. Thanks for the help guys.

Duck-Billed Platypus · Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:15 am

LateNightTip wrote:I got it! I was trying to boot from the cd-r drive and it would stop at the said error message. I took the cd out and booted from my dvd drive and it works. I have no idea as to why it would matter but it did. Thanks for the help guys.

might be that in the BIOS boot order the cd-r drive wasnt one of them.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 3:01 am

Nope, It did boot drom the drive. It just hung at a point... Some cd-r's are just funny like that I guess.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:39 pm

After I moved from the live cd to my system I have lost connection to my dns. I am trying to emerge genkernel but keep coming up with dns errors. I did copy over my dns info using "# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf" so any help would be great

robet · Post by **robet** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:47 pm

Reboot to livecd, mount partitions, change root and follow the guide after the kernel part, paying especial attention to your net information, "8.b. Networking Information".

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:51 pm

After the kernel? Dont I have to start with that, i mean it never got emerged.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:08 pm

All worked great Thanks for the support

kimchi_sg · Post by **kimchi_sg** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:23 pm

LateNightTip wrote:All worked great Thanks for the support

Please edit the title of this topic, and insert [SOLVED] into the title.

LateNightTip · Post by **LateNightTip** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:54 am

I just finished installing my kernel and at the end it said:

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After installing a new kernel of any version, it is important
that you the appropriate /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-X.Y
created (X.Y is the first parts of your new kernel version)

         For example, this kernel will require:
         /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4

What does this mean? I would hate to mess up my install over a missed step.

Duck-Billed Platypus · Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:52 am

LateNightTip wrote:I just finished installing my kernel and at the end it said:
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After installing a new kernel of any version, it is important
that you the appropriate /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-X.Y
created (X.Y is the first parts of your new kernel version)

         For example, this kernel will require:
         /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 
What does this mean? I would hate to mess up my install over a missed step.

just means all the modules you want autoloaded should go to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4 instead of anywhere else.