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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 06:55:58PM +0300, Adrian Petcu wrote: |
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> I recently downloaded an i586 binary ISO image containing the bootable |
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> installation cd for Gentoo linux. It didn't work and now I know there was |
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> a problem with the iso image, as it was marked 'broken' on the download |
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> site. I have the burned cd with that image, and everything on it works, |
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> except for the booting problem, and i want to use it somehow. I cannot |
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> download anything from the internet for now, so i want to use _only_ that |
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> 'broken' burned cd to install Gentoo linux on my computer, but with a |
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> different approach for installing (e.g. booting from floppies instead of |
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> cd then using the binaries from the cd, etc). Please give me some hints |
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> on how i can substitute the booting routine on the cd and then normally |
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> start the installation, as it was intended inittialy. Again, i cannot |
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> download anything else such as build image, but i have the floppies images |
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> from your disks directory. |
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This is not a supported installation method, but it should be possible to use |
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the boot/rescue disk to mount the CD at /mnt/cdrom, set up your partitions for |
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Gentoo Linux, and then extract all the packages listed in |
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http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/gentoo-x86/profiles/default/packages?rev=1.12&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup |
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(or as many as you can find) to /mnt/gentoo (where your new partitions are |
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mounted; your boot partition should be mounted at /mnt/gentoo/boot). |
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Do so as follows: |
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cd /mnt/cdrom/packages/All |
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cat pkg-1.0.tbz2 | bzip2 -dc | tar xpvf - -C /mnt/gentoo |
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Also extract the linux-2.4.4.9.tbz2 package, which is not listed in the |
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above URL. |
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When extracting, you'll see a "trailing garbage ignored" message; don't worry |
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about this. After extracting all the packages listed at the URL above this |
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way, you should have the equivalent of a "sys" image -- a basic Gentoo Linux |
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system. You should then be able to chroot to /mnt/gentoo and follow all of the |
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configuration steps outlined in our i586 CD install guide on the Web site. |
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After hacking away for a bit, you should have a running Gentoo Linux system! |
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Again, I've never tested this install method but it should definitely be possible. |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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