missing /etc/make.profile/2.4/ and...

[linuxdork]

I'm installing manually from gentoo 2006.0 live cd and i have chroot into /mnt/gentoo and emerge --sync and now I'm am trying to check my profile and there is no

2.4 dir. in /etc/make.profile

let alone no

2.4 dir in /usr/protage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0/

uh what do i do now? I don't know what has happened.

[sonicbhoc]

Why do you want to use a 2.4 kernel? 2.6 is all around better.

[ds_matty]

Try this out.

# ls -d /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4
/usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4

If that works then proceed to this.

Make sure you use the right architecture, the example below is for x86)
# ln -snf /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4 /etc/make.profile
(List the files in the 2.4 profile)
# ls -FGg /etc/make.profile/
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 939 Dec 10 14:06 packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 347 Dec 3 2004 parent
-rw-r--r-- 1 573 Dec 3 2004 virtuals

You can find more detailed instructions here
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... t=1&chap=6

Hope this helps. I did this on a net install and it was fine. I am not sure how much different a LiveCD install is though. Hope it helps.

[linuxdork]

the handbook says that if there is a 2.4 dir. in make.profile that means that the 2.6 kernel is being used. I don't understand
i want to us the 2.6 kernel. and things are looking like they have when i have done this with 2005.0

[funboy.ch]

I hope I'm not out of line by posting here, but when I type:

# ls -FGg /etc/make.profile

I get:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 48 Apr 8 18:51 /etc/make.profile -> ../usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/

without the 2006.... Did I do something wrong? if I try to navigate to that directory it also says it does not exist?

[neysx]

I'm installing manually from gentoo 2006.0 live cd and i have chroot into /mnt/gentoo and emerge --sync and now I'm am trying to check my profile and there is no

2.4 dir. in /etc/make.profile

let alone no

2.4 dir in /usr/protage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.0/

uh what do i do now? I don't know what has happened.

Not surprising given the former is a link to the latter
There shouldn't be any 2.4/ dir under 2006.0/
Nothing strange happened. You just have the right default profile, as expected.
Please have a look at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... hap2_sect2

Hth