CONRAD Install Guide 0.7.5 - (__DEPRECATED__)

[-valheru-]

Thanks. The .iso I dl'd today does not have any fb settings in grub. So I'll just add the no parameter and see what happens.

[mayday147]

I'm trying to install a fresh system on my laptop, but it halts during the first emerge. I know I had that problem with anoter livecd too, but I don't remember which kernel options I had to disable for it to worl. Any ideeas?

[shadrach]

I had an issue where once i got the kernel sources down, and got menuconfig done, wouldnt "make bzImage". Did I just make some dumb n00b mistake?

[mayday147]

I had an issue where once i got the kernel sources down, and got menuconfig done, wouldnt "make bzImage". Did I just make some dumb n00b mistake?

You get an error message at 'make bzimage' point? What is that error?

[cheater1034]

I had an issue where once i got the kernel sources down, and got menuconfig done, wouldnt "make bzImage". Did I just make some dumb n00b mistake?

Don't put yourself down

Post your exact error, and post your procedures for building the kernel.

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# emerge archck-sources
# rm /usr/src/linux
# ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.X-archckx /usr/src/linux
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig (Load the CONRAD-Config file, or configure manually)
# make && make modules_install && make install
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Hopefully it's something simple.

[-valheru-]

nojoy on setting vesafb:off

I have a spare old nvidia card which i'll use to set up the machine and then switch back to my ati card. see if that does it.

[RobNyc]

damn that archck kernel config u have is huge, and i disabled some stuff i didnt needed, but i guess a lot of other shit are still there i see a lot of Modules
anyways this installation process was more fun than the others .. guide is very easy to follow

now I'm getting when emerging splashutils and splash-themes-gentoo

Unpacking klibc-1.1.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/klibc-1.1./work *It does not look like your cross-compiler is setup properly! .. ERROR : dev-libs/klibc-1.1 failed. Fuction src_unpack Line 67 Exitcode 0 .

CHOST= i686-pc-linux-gnu

I Looked at my usr and I Only found i386-pc-linux-gnu not i686

[carpman]

hello, currently doing a test install on an Xp box i have but was wondering if it is possible to convert existing system to this setup bu rebuilding everything?

i know i should just do fresh install but have duron 1100 with everything configured so would not want to go through that all gain but could leave it on rebuilding system for as long as required.

cheers

[cheater1034]

damn that archck kernel config u have is huge, and i disabled some stuff i didnt needed, but i guess a lot of other shit are still there i see a lot of Modules
anyways this installation process was more fun than the others .. guide is very easy to follow

now I'm getting when emerging splashutils and splash-themes-gentoo

Unpacking klibc-1.1.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/klibc-1.1./work *It does not look like your cross-compiler is setup properly! .. ERROR : dev-libs/klibc-1.1 failed. Fuction src_unpack Line 67 Exitcode 0 .

CHOST= i686-pc-linux-gnu

I Looked at my usr and I Only found i386-pc-linux-gnu not i686

RobNYC, which architecture did you install as? Check make.conf to make sure it is, CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu, and NOT i386 - it installs from the x86 tarballs, which by default, use i386, but in the installation it is changed before it builds the toolkit and system to the appropriate make.conf for your architecture.

hello, currently doing a test install on an Xp box i have but was wondering if it is possible to convert existing system to this setup bu rebuilding everything?

i know i should just do fresh install but have duron 1100 with everything configured so would not want to go through that all gain but could leave it on rebuilding system for as long as required.

cheers

carpman, It is possible, do the following.

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# wget bfgraphics.net/conrad/0.5.0/athlon-xp/conrad-install-athlon-xp-part2.sh
# chmod +x conrad-install*
# mv conrad-install* /
# cd /
# nano conrad-install-*
Find the part where it says, emerge -e system, change it to emerge -e world.
then execute the script
# ./conrad-install*
Then it should execute everything, and the entire world will be the most up-to-date packages compiled by GCC4, and GCC4 will be the default compiler.

For the reiser4 FileSystem - You will have to copy all your files to a seperate partition, run mkfs.reiser4 /dev/hdx on the conrad install livecd, then copy everything back over, chroot, and re-install grub "grub" or "grub-install" command

Also if you copy your partition to a reiser4 one, you will need reiser4 in the kernel.
By getting a vanilla kernel and applying the reiser4 patch, or downloading a patchset, archck,acid,nitro,dark,love, etc

[steelrose]

Hi.Can i install conrad with chroot or by cd with qemu?

[mayday147]

Hi.Can i install conrad with chroot or by cd with qemu?

I'm sure you can do it by chrooting. I can't see any reason why this wouldn't be possible.

[RobNyc]

damn that archck kernel config u have is huge, and i disabled some stuff i didnt needed, but i guess a lot of other shit are still there i see a lot of Modules
anyways this installation process was more fun than the others .. guide is very easy to follow

now I'm getting when emerging splashutils and splash-themes-gentoo

Unpacking klibc-1.1.tar.bz2 to /var/tmp/portage/klibc-1.1./work *It does not look like your cross-compiler is setup properly! .. ERROR : dev-libs/klibc-1.1 failed. Fuction src_unpack Line 67 Exitcode 0 .

CHOST= i686-pc-linux-gnu

I Looked at my usr and I Only found i386-pc-linux-gnu not i686

RobNYC, which architecture did you install as? Check make.conf to make sure it is, CHOST=i686-pc-linux-gnu, and NOT i386 - it installs from the x86 tarballs, which by default, use i386, but in the installation it is changed before it builds the toolkit and system to the appropriate make.conf for your architecture.

I did checked. I'm gonna re-do anyhow. cuz i did follow everything, etc . then i was up to the splashutils step and later on got that prob
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[cheater1034]

Hi.Can i install conrad with chroot or by cd with qemu?

I haven't tested qemu - I know you can install it with vmware.

by chroot is strongly not reccomended, you may get compiler errors, and it's way faster to migrate to gcc 4 after booting.

Is there any particular reason you want to do it from chroot? you basically setup a basic bootable system, and once booted you migrate to the new compiler.
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As I said, you can TRY from a chroot, but in my experience, installing from the chroot on the livecd will start giving you the following errors, on system packages like GROFF
Error: C++ compiler cannot create executables

Which happens offen when people upgrade their compilers to anything new, there are various reasons to this, however, I have not found the fix for this error in the chroot, it is just something not meant to be.

However, I find it better and way quicker (less ram-consuming) to do it as shown in the guide.

[RobNyc]

After I Finished doing script 1 it says..

DOne!
DEleting Stage3 Tarball and Portage Tarball...
Done!
Copying Mounts,mounting proc, and chrooting
When done, execute second script
mount: none already mounted or /mnt/gentoo/proc busy
mount: according to mtab, none is laready mounted on /mnt/gentoo/proc

[RobNyc]

by the way the conrad-livecd make.conf is i386-pc-linux-gnu, the pentium3 make.conf i got and mv is i686-pc-linux-gnu
when I'm emerging the archck-sources it says..

Adjusting permissions on ccache in /var/tmp/ccache
!!! Cannot create log.... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage
!!! Cannot create log... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage


but it goes on well though

[carpman]

Think you have some errors in guide?


The partiton layout/reference is not consistant:

In this section hd3 is / and reiser4

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4.3 - Creating your partitons - Reiser4 for root, ext2 for boot, swap for swap
Code:
# mkfs.reiser4 /dev/hda3
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
# mkswap /dev/hda2
# swapon /dev/hda2 

In this section you are mounting hda3 (reiser4) as /boot which should be hda1 and ext2?

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9.4 - Emerging Grub
(Very soon, I will change to how to install grub 0.97 with reiser4 support/splash, and setup the /boot/grub directory and inject grub-0.97 to tell portage it's installed)
Code:
# mount /dev/hda3 /boot
# echo sys-boot/grub ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# emerge grub

In tis section you are again mounting hda3 as /boot

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12.3 - Configuring FSTAB
Code:
# nano /etc/fstab
# <fs>               <mountpoint>  <type>       <opts>               <dump/pass>
/dev/hda3            /boot         ext2     noauto,notail        1 2
/dev/hda1            /             reiser4     notail               0 1
/dev/hda2            none          swap         sw                   0 0
/dev/hdd   /mnt/cdrom    iso9660      user,noauto,ro,exec  0 0
/dev/fd0             /mnt/floppy   auto         noauto,users         0 0

If i am correct and havenot missed someting then the grub setup also is wrong.

Also with kernel the method you use to build kernel installs it in boot as:

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vmlinuz-2.6.14-archck1

but in grub you ref:

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kernel-2.6.14-archck1

not big stuff but may cause confusion.

[RobNyc]

Once again .. i'm done with kernel, this time seems it took a lil longer but I even pretty much configured it manually well i used your config and then i checked .. done!

next i looked at /usr and i only saw i386 not i686 once again ... and im doing emerge splashutils splash-themes-gentoo

!!! Cannot create log.... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage
!!! Cannot create log... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portag


and in all my emerges that keeps showing


and once again the error of my cross-compiler

[steelrose]

Cheater 1034 wrote :

I haven't tested qemu - I know you can install it with vmware.

by chroot is strongly not reccomended, you may get compiler errors, and it's way faster to migrate to gcc 4 after booting.

Is there any particular reason you want to do it from chroot? you basically setup a basic bootable system, and once booted you migrate to the new compiler.
----
As I said, you can TRY from a chroot, but in my experience, installing from the chroot on the livecd will start giving you the following errors, on system packages like GROFF
Error: C++ compiler cannot create executables

Which happens offen when people upgrade their compilers to anything new, there are various reasons to this, however, I have not found the fix for this error in the chroot, it is just something not meant to be.

However, I find it better and way quicker (less ram-consuming) to do it as shown in the guide

The only reason i want to install it by chroot or qemu is just to have something to do will installing conrad.By the way i will chroot from a existent gentoo not livecd.. I will try it and tell you about the results

[seren]

Once again .. i'm done with kernel, this time seems it took a lil longer but I even pretty much configured it manually well i used your config and then i checked .. done!

next i looked at /usr and i only saw i386 not i686 once again ... and im doing emerge splashutils splash-themes-gentoo

!!! Cannot create log.... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage
!!! Cannot create log... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portag


and in all my emerges that keeps show
and once again the error of my cross-compiler

loging as su and mkdir -p /var/log/portage
its missing thats all. thats your log dir for portage

[seren]

Cheater 1034 wrote :

I haven't tested qemu - I know you can install it with vmware.

by chroot is strongly not reccomended, you may get compiler errors, and it's way faster to migrate to gcc 4 after booting.

Is there any particular reason you want to do it from chroot? you basically setup a basic bootable system, and once booted you migrate to the new compiler.
----
As I said, you can TRY from a chroot, but in my experience, installing from the chroot on the livecd will start giving you the following errors, on system packages like GROFF
Error: C++ compiler cannot create executables

Which happens offen when people upgrade their compilers to anything new, there are various reasons to this, however, I have not found the fix for this error in the chroot, it is just something not meant to be.

However, I find it better and way quicker (less ram-consuming) to do it as shown in the guide

The only reason i want to install it by chroot or qemu is just to have something to do will installing conrad.By the way i will chroot from a existent gentoo not livecd.. I will try it and tell you about the results

if your using the gentoo live vd your not going to be able to read or write in reiser4, you need a live cd with a kernel patch for reiser4

[seren]

Think you have some errors in guide?


The partiton layout/reference is not consistant:

In this section hd3 is / and reiser4

Code: Select all

4.3 - Creating your partitons - Reiser4 for root, ext2 for boot, swap for swap
Code:
# mkfs.reiser4 /dev/hda3
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/hda1
# mkswap /dev/hda2
# swapon /dev/hda2 

In this section you are mounting hda3 (reiser4) as /boot which should be hda1 and ext2?

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9.4 - Emerging Grub
(Very soon, I will change to how to install grub 0.97 with reiser4 support/splash, and setup the /boot/grub directory and inject grub-0.97 to tell portage it's installed)
Code:
# mount /dev/hda3 /boot
# echo sys-boot/grub ~x86 >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# emerge grub

In tis section you are again mounting hda3 as /boot

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12.3 - Configuring FSTAB
Code:
# nano /etc/fstab
# <fs>               <mountpoint>  <type>       <opts>               <dump/pass>
/dev/hda3            /boot         ext2     noauto,notail        1 2
/dev/hda1            /             reiser4     notail               0 1
/dev/hda2            none          swap         sw                   0 0
/dev/hdd   /mnt/cdrom    iso9660      user,noauto,ro,exec  0 0
/dev/fd0             /mnt/floppy   auto         noauto,users         0 0

If i am correct and havenot missed someting then the grub setup also is wrong.

Also with kernel the method you use to build kernel installs it in boot as:

Code: Select all

vmlinuz-2.6.14-archck1

but in grub you ref:

Code: Select all

kernel-2.6.14-archck1

not big stuff but may cause confusion.

wow one BIG typo =0

[RobNyc]

damn so many mistakes =\
anyone knows why im getting the cross-compiler error?

[RobNyc]

Once again .. i'm done with kernel, this time seems it took a lil longer but I even pretty much configured it manually well i used your config and then i checked .. done!

next i looked at /usr and i only saw i386 not i686 once again ... and im doing emerge splashutils splash-themes-gentoo

!!! Cannot create log.... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portage
!!! Cannot create log... No write access / Does not exist
!!! PORT_LOGDIR: /var/log/portag


and in all my emerges that keeps show
and once again the error of my cross-compiler

loging as su and mkdir -p /var/log/portage
its missing thats all. thats your log dir for portage

thanks

[cheater1034]

Carpman, I fixed that and added to install grub when /boot is on root, and when you have a seperate boot partition
Sorry, I don't use a boot partition :-p

RobNYC, Sorry about that error, mkdir -p /var/log/portage is the correct fix, I added after downloading the new make.conf about making appropriate overlay and log directories.
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Edit * The conrad website is going up in a few hours, you can read the emotional story about why we used the name and logo of Conrad, on the "About"

And you can read about various other conrad gentoo projects, I wil post back when it is up

[RobNyc]

Carpman, I fixed that and added to install grub when /boot is on root, and when you have a seperate boot partition
Sorry, I don't use a boot partition :-p

RobNYC, Sorry about that error, mkdir -p /var/log/portage is the correct fix, I added after downloading the new make.conf about making appropriate overlay and log directories.
------

Edit * The conrad website is going up in a few hours, you can read the emotional story about why we used the name and logo of Conrad, on the "About"

And you can read about various other conrad gentoo projects, I wil post back when it is up

ok. i was gonna try the i686 instead of pentium3
but anyhow just ring me when is up so i can go ahead .. please review this guide to make sure its complete like somebody found some leaks