[gentoo-dev] Gentoo Install ??

[RCG1WIN]

Mr. Robbins,
It appears you have an excellent distribution and new maintenance tool for Linux but I've not been able to see anything but the install process.
...I've tried the build twice, first time I didn't enable the correct options for reiserfs so the root wouldn't mount. The second attempt stopped with an attempt to emerge the db tar file into .../proz instead of ../proc I'm guessing.
I decided to try the R5 install but only to find that the instructions don't work....emerge --usepkg system results in an error --- /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.profile/packages does not exist. "system" mode unavailable --- haven't been able to find an updated install doc for R5.  
Any updated doc for R5 install?  Will R6 remain an online install or will you produce an ISO image of binaries? 
Thanks.
Roy Gehrke