Can I install Linux Gentoo and have Windows at the same time

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Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 12:03 pm

wow haha yall make up yalls mind XD haha umm wheres the AMD64 manual at... ill compare them as i go along with installing them after im done going to church with my girlfriend

haha (no fun at all)

opentaka · Post by **opentaka** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:21 pm

Snakieee wrote:wow haha yall make up yalls mind XD haha umm wheres the AMD64 manual at... ill compare them as i go along with installing them after im done going to church with my girlfriend haha (no fun at all)

Do you really need to ask in the forums "where is the amd64 documentation" ???
You might want to spend sometime surfing at gentoo.org try to find it BEFORE asking it.

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Sun Aug 06, 2006 11:26 pm

Once you have a linux distribution installed onto your computer, you have the option of installing a boot loader (grub lilo etc)
When you switch on your computer, you will be given the option of booting into ANY other operating system you have on your computer at that time.

which one do you prefer...? i think i need to install it now so i can switch to windows if i have any problems...

dahranis · Post by **dahranis** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:59 am

I prefer grub. i think its easier to configure and its more recent

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:02 am

does it matter Grub or Grub 2?

dahranis · Post by **dahranis** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:27 am

Grub2s still in the development stage i think.
just emerge grub

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:44 am

XD i know your probly sick of me but um... i cant seem to find the download url at there website...

dahranis · Post by **dahranis** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:48 am

Please follow the manual from the beginning.
Please do not try to skip steps.
You will be able to login to windows until you come to emerging grub.
Now.
Focus.
Go to the begining of the handbook and repeat the holy mantras thank you.

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:36 am

um yeah i got to this part and i cant get anywhere... should (if i can) skip it or what?

its the part where i guess your suppose to install and activate it...

i typed...

#c-update add coldplug boot
*/sbin/rc-update: /etc/init.d/coldplug not found; aborting

then i tryed

#rc -update add coldplug boot
*Caching service dependencies...
*ERROR: runlevel -update does not exist; exiting...

then i typed it again and all i get is

#rc -update add coldplug boot
*ERROR: runlevel -update does not exist; exiting...

This is where im stuct at in the Guide...

7.d. Alternative: Using genkernel

If you are reading this section, you have chosen to use our genkernel script to configure your kernel for you.

Now that your kernel source tree is installed, it's now time to compile your kernel by using our genkernel script to automatically build a kernel for you. genkernel works by configuring a kernel nearly identically to the way our Installation CD kernel is configured. This means that when you use genkernel to build your kernel, your system will generally detect all your hardware at boot-time, just like our Installation CD does. Because genkernel doesn't require any manual kernel configuration, it is an ideal solution for those users who may not be comfortable compiling their own kernels.

Now, let's see how to use genkernel. First, emerge the genkernel ebuild:

Code Listing 14: Emerging genkernel

# emerge genkernel

Now, compile your kernel sources by running genkernel all. Be aware though, as genkernel compiles a kernel that supports almost all hardware, this compilation will take quite a while to finish!

Note that, if your boot partition doesn't use ext2 or ext3 as filesystem you might need to manually configure your kernel using genkernel --menuconfig all and add support for your filesystem in the kernel (i.e. not as a module). Users of EVMS2 or LVM2 will probably want to add --evms2 or --lvm2 as argument as well.

Code Listing 15: Running genkernel

# genkernel all

Once genkernel completes, a kernel, full set of modules and initial root disk (initrd) will be created. We will use the kernel and initrd when configuring a boot loader later in this document. Write down the names of the kernel and initrd as you will need it when writing the bootloader configuration file. The initrd will be started immediately after booting to perform hardware autodetection (just like on the Installation CD) before your "real" system starts up.

Code Listing 16: Checking the created kernel image name and initrd

# ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initramfs*

Now, let's perform one more step to get our system to be more like the Installation CD -- let's emerge coldplug. While the initrd autodetects hardware that is needed to boot your system, coldplug autodetects everything else. To emerge and enable coldplug, type the following:

Code Listing 17: Emerging and enabling coldplug

# emerge coldplug
# rc-update add coldplug boot

VPN-User · Post by **VPN-User** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:46 am

OMG.

Try "rc-update" without whitespaces. It' s a program/script, you can' t just spell it as you like. And it seems you forgot to "emerge coldplug". You' re really better of with SuSE or Ubuntu

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:47 pm

and thats the new problem i noticed.... NOTHING will emerge... is that like a bad stage installtion or something... haha... i got to get this up are running by monday... school starts...XD

stupidkid · Post by **stupidkid** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:54 pm

Why won't anything emerge? Maybe try posting your error?

Snakieee · Post by **Snakieee** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:55 pm

its like... line 495 or something EVERthing stops at that

says cant not create exeutable...

opentaka · Post by **opentaka** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:44 pm

Snakieee wrote:its like... line 495 or something EVERthing stops at that

says cant not create exeutable...

You really should learn how to ask questions.

"it's like line 495 or something and everything stops. " does not help AT ALL.
if you want your things solved you will need to provide us more details and EXACT errors.

and....

read the manual and search the forum BEFORE asking for it.

cokey · Post by **cokey** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:02 am

cokey · Post by **cokey** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 1:04 am

beatryder · Post by **beatryder** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:20 am

my advice. Give up, install Ubuntu, its nice enough to almost make me switch. ( i hate gnome)

opentaka · Post by **opentaka** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:27 am

or kubuntu (I hate gnome too!)

beatryder · Post by **beatryder** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:33 am

opentaka wrote:or kubuntu (I hate gnome too!)

As much as I hate gnome. I have to say that kubuntu just doesn't have the same feel out of the box that ubuntu does. Yes, I know they are the same, but I think the gnome integration on ubuntu is tighter than a virgin. And the KDE integration has a ways to go.

All that is moot for myself any how, as I am loving gentoo like I was paid to. Something about being able to build a system with whatever versions I want easily, without mucking with source lists is really nice

opentaka · Post by **opentaka** » Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:26 am

beatryder wrote: All that is moot for myself any how, as I am loving gentoo like I was paid to. Something about being able to build a system with whatever versions I want easily, without mucking with source lists is really nice

Althogh I have never used ubuntu or kubuntu(just tried for couple of mins) I feel that this topic's original poster isn't really suitable for gentoo(he will need to try harder and read the doc instead of "looking" at the docs)