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Funny how you used XXX when I SPECIFCALLY mentioned mentioned the LIVE DVD |
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as opposed to the minimal install cd. That was the whole point which you missed in |
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jumping to conclusions about my ignorance. |
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On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:38 PM |
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 |
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20:31:13 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> You are giving a generic |
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answer to what you see as a generic question. |
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> I really can't play 20 questions by |
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repeating over until the light |
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> comes |
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on. |
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I'm sorry, but |
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"Can I install from disc XXX?" is a generic |
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question. |
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The more specific |
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and detailed the question, the more specific and |
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detailed the answers. But the response was |
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given freely and it's entirely |
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up to you |
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what you do with it. |
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> On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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wrote: |
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> |
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> Subject: |
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Re: [gentoo-user] New Install |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:21 |
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PM |
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> |
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> On Sat, 24 |
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Sep 2016 |
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> 15:05:24 +0000 (UTC), |
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Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> |
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> > Honestly, your reply is |
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> not helpful. I have read through the |
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the |
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> > handbook and the directions |
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there do not |
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> match the screen |
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results. |
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> |
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> |
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You'd need to be more specific about |
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> that. |
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> |
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> > I |
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> > take |
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offense at your arrogant tone in |
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> |
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reply to a beginners request for |
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> |
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> I wasn't trying to be offensive. |
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> |
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> > help.While |
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those with |
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> experience may find my |
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request naive, I went to |
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> > the |
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list for suggestions beyond the |
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> |
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handbook.Also, you confuse the two |
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> |
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> |
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> parts of my question in your |
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smackdown. |
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> |
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Firstly, it wasn't a smackdown. Secondly, |
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> you asked two separate |
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> questions. I only |
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tried to answer one of them, which is why I quoted only |
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> one. |
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> As has |
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> been |
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mentioned elsewhere, your problem was caused by missing |
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> a |
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> step. The point |
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I was trying to make is |
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> that it is |
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important to follow |
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> the handbook |
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> carefully, so the advice was to read it |
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fully before |
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> attempting to follow it. |
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Reading it and |
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> following it at the |
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same time is |
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> asking for |
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> trouble. |
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> |
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> Experience has |
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> |
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shown that a large proportion of new user install |
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> problems are caused by a failure to |
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follow the |
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> handbook correctly. |
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> Sometimes this is caused |
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> by someone thinking they know better and |
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taking |
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> a shortcut but more often it |
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is simply a |
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> moaater of a mistake |
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or |
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> misunderstanding |
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> somewhere. |
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> |
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> |
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> > Sorry |
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> for the annoyance and |
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> > possibleviolation |
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> of list protocol, but I expected a bit |
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more support. |
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> > |
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> > On |
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> Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:47 AM, |
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Neil Bothwick |
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> > <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > On Sat, |
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> 24 Sep 2016 12:13:00 +0000 (UTC), |
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Christopher Robinson |
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> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > > Also, |
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> I read that it is possible to install |
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Gentoo from the |
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> Live |
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> > > DVD.How do I do |
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that? |
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> > |
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> > You need to read |
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> chapter 1 of the Gentoo handbook from |
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start to finish, |
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> > then read it |
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again. When you understand |
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> what is |
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going on, you then boot |
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> > from |
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> the live DVD and follow the |
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installation instructions fro |
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> the |
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> > handbook. |
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> > |
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> -- |
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> Neil |
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Bothwick |
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> I |
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distinctly remember forgetting |
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> that. |
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-- |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Never sleep with anyone crazier than |
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yourself. |