First of all thanks for the feedback everyone.

I guess you are all right to suspect a hardware problem but i am using
extensively tested equipment (or at least i been told so). Anyway,
yesterday i succeded, the only change i made was choosing the liveCD
kernel instead of the gentoo sources, and so far, everything is
working, does it makes sense to you?


Rafael

On 1/19/06, Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 17:26 -0300, Rafael Barrera Oro wrote:
> > i tried the installed choosing dynamic stage 3, and grp packages
>
> Which packages?
>
> > it always crashes when it gets to merging the aditional packages,
> > unless an input/output error due to a "read only filesystem" pops up
> > first
>
> Well, depending on the packages, it might not be pulling from GRP.
>
> > after the input/output error i always have to reboot since the system
> > stops responding
>
> I'd have to agree with Andrew, it does sound like a hardware issue,
> especially if it is happening with both installer front-ends.
>
> Have you verified that your hard drive is not going bad?
>
> Also, try updating the installer to CVS.  Instructions are in the FAQ
> (linked on the desktop).
>
> --
> Chris Gianelloni
> Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
> x86 Architecture Team
> Games - Developer
> Gentoo Linux
>
>

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