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> drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 03:44:25PM -0500, Bob Collins wrote: |
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> > > I am trying to install Gentoo Linux 1.0rc3 onto a new box. AMD K6-2 |
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550, |
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> > > 96MB ram, 10GB HD, Mach 64 based video card, 3Com Nic. Nothing |
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unusual. |
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> > > |
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> > > I have downloaded the iso image and burned it under Windows NT using |
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> > > Adaptec software. I have used this method for many Redhat and FreeBSD |
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> > > ISOs, with never a trouble. This new box will boot the Redhat or |
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FreeBSD |
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> > > cds fine, but the Gentoo will not. I receive a cdrom boot failure |
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> > > notice. |
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> > > |
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> > > Can the ISO be burnt under NT? Or must it burn under Redhat or some |
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> > > such? |
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> > |
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> > First, you'll need to wait for Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc4, because the current |
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> > version is incompatible with AMD K6 processors. However, burning the CD |
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from |
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> > Windows should work. Possibly this is due to the K6 incompatibility? |
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> > |
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> Hmm, the image is not fully ISO compatible, I used a not so strict |
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ISO-level to |
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> allow the usage |
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> of filenames longer that 32 chars (joliet). Maybe that can cause problems |
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when |
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> burned from windows. |
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> I use xcdroast under linux over here. |
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I used FireBurner under windows (2000) to burn my rc3 disc. No problems |
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here... You can get FireBurner at: |
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http://www.fireburner.com/ (shareware download) |
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Cymen Vig |
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cvig@××××××.com |
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