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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 K6-2 550, |
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> > 96MB ram, 10GB HD, Mach 64 based video card, 3Com Nic. Nothing unusual. |
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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 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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> > Can the ISO be burnt under NT? Or must it burn under Redhat or some |
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> > such? |
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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 from |
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> Windows should work. Possibly this is due to the K6 incompatibility? |
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Hmm, the image is not fully ISO compatible, I used a not so strict 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 when |
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burned from windows. |
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I use xcdroast under linux over here. |
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Bye Achim |
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> 1.0_rc4 is coming soon; that should work for you. |
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> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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