[gentoo-dev] rc5_r0 no kernel merged?

[Gontran]

Dear Gentooise,

Installed today from original rc5 iso, things went smoothly by following 
the first revision of the rc5 install docs provided on this list 
and adding a dash of the current rc5_r3 docs online.

One thing I noticed, which seems rather impossible, but did happen was that
after successfully running 'emerge --usepkgs system' no linux kernel seems
to have been installed.

I didn't believe it myself, but neither /boot nor /boot/boot had any thing
like a kernel in it.  I discovered this while looking for /lib/modules to
find a module for my 3com pcmcia NIC.  My solution was to emerge the 
linux-sources and build and install (thx achim on #gentoo). 

Also when installing grub, after building and installing custom kernel, I 
needed to copy the grub dir and my new kernel from /boot/boot/ to /boot for 
the grub program to find them and install to the MBR properly.  I'm new to
running GRUB, so this may just be a misunderstanding on my part.

Lastly, I needed linux-extras emerged to get pcmcia-cs related goodies. This
would be nice to see in the install guide (unless I missed it). Also I second 
any re-addition of the specific 'mkreiserfs /dev/hXX' instructions mentioned 
in an earlier thread.

Having tried both rc4 install and rc5, rc5 is light years ahead of rc4.  
By that analogy: rc5 has been delivered at a rate faster than the speed of 
light!

Cheers,
Gontran