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Well, I can only read what you posted. You said you didn't so I took |
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your word for it. |
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My question is this. Have you already installed Gentoo and typed in a |
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whole bunch of commands or have you just booted the media, whatever you |
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use, and are at the prompt? Based on a recent post, it sounds like you |
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are at the very, very beginning of the install. If that is the case, |
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you haven't missed anything because you really haven't started yet. Do |
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you recall typing in these commands: |
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|tar xvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2 --xattrs |
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||mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc | |
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|mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys |
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|||chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
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|||nano -w /etc/fstab |
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||emerge --ask sys-process/cronie |
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||grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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That's not all of them by any means, it's just some that are in the |
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guide. If you haven't done any of those yet, then you are at one spot. |
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If you have, you may be further along than a couple of us think you |
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are. Installing Gentoo is a long process. Even on a fairly fast rig, |
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it can take a day or so, hours for sure. It mostly depends on what |
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desktop you install and such. |
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By the way, wheel is a group, not a user. The wheel group allows a user |
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to switch to root with su. If a user is not in that group, they can't |
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switch to root. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> Actually, I was able to set a password although I may not have stated |
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> this clearly enough for you to get it. |
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> I saw the directions about make user, but was unsure if this was for |
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> root since the manual mentioned a wheel |
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> user. |
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> |
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> |
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> On Saturday, September 24, 2016 4:55 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> |
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> |
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> Well, you said you hadn't set up any users and their passwords. That is |
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> part of the install process and is in the guide. You are told to set up |
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> the root password in one section and to set up a user and its password |
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> in another section. At the very least, you missed those two parts and |
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> that isn't a assumption, it's based on what you posted. What else you |
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> missed I'm not sure and most likely, no one else is either. Rich posted |
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> that he thinks you missed a whole section which may or may not be |
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> correct but we do know you missed at least a couple steps Given enough |
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> information, someone may be able to figure it out tho. |
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> |
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> Dale |
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> |
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> :-) :-) |
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> |
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> |
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> |
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> Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> > Dale, |
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> > |
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> > Your assumption that I missed a section is entirely offbase and does |
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> not respond to |
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> > my original question. I could say that you are missing the point of |
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> what I asked. |
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> > For those who have had helpful suggestions I give thanks. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > -------------------------------------------- |
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> > On Sat, 9/24/16, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > |
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> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install |
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> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o <mailto:gentoo-user@l.g.o> |
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> > Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:17 PM |
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> > |
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> > Again, top posting to |
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> > follow his lead. |
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> > |
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> > It's |
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> > not a fight. It's just called being prepared. |
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> > Missing a section |
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> > isn't going to give |
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> > you a proper install. It's one reason I always |
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> > recommend a person read the docs several |
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> > times. The reason for that, if |
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> > something |
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> > doesn't seem right, you will more than likely notice it |
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> > and go |
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> > back and figure out what was |
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> > missed. The fact that I don't see a |
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> > all-in-one page guide isn't helping you |
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> > any. If it was on one page, |
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> > even as a |
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> > option for those who don't like it, then you likely |
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> > wouldn't |
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> > have missed a section. Just |
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> > start at the top and work your way down. |
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> > Maybe after this, someone will see the need for |
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> > at least some of us to |
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> > have it all in one |
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> > long page. Maybe Rich can whisper in someone's |
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> > ear. I guess printing it and |
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> > putting it in order would work but that |
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> > means a lot of typing when a lot of times, a |
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> > copy and paste will be |
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> > easier. |
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> > |
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> > Thing is, it's hard to |
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> > tell what was wrong because no one knew you |
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> > missed a section, I suspect Neil did sort of |
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> > figure that to be the case |
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> > tho which is why |
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> > he replied with what he did. What we do know, if you |
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> > follow the guide, you should get a bootable |
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> > system. It may not be 100% |
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> > perfect but it |
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> > should boot at least. Gentoo has some excellent docs, |
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> > especially the install part. Unless you have |
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> > some pretty odd hardware, |
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> > it should work. |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > One thing I learned the |
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> > hard way. Pretty much no matter what you may |
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> > mess up, you can chroot in and go back and fix |
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> > it. Just boot using |
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> > whatever media you |
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> > selected, follow the mount and chroot section and |
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> > then correct whatever is wrong. You do NOT |
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> > have to start from scratch |
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> > most of the |
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> > time. You'd have to have made a boo boo in the very |
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> > early |
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> > stages to end up doing that. |
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> > |
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> > I'm just hoping you can |
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> > fix this easily and finish your install. :-) |
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> > |
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> > Dale |
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> > |
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> > :-) :-) |
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> > |
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> > |
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> > Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> > > I don't really want to get into a |
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> > fight, but some of the replies-not Rich's- are |
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> > missing |
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> > > the point I am raising. To then |
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> > disparage me is unworthy for a support list. |
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> > > |
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> > -------------------------------------------- |
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> > > On Sat, 9/24/16, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com |
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> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> |
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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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> <mailto:gentoo-user@l.g.o> |
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> > > Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 3:44 |
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> > PM |
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> > > |
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> > > Rich |
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> > Freeman wrote: |
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> > > > On Sat, Sep 24, |
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> > 2016 at 11:35 AM, Dale |
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> > > <rdalek1967@×××××.com <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> |
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> > > wrote: |
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> > > >> |
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> > Actually, he is correct. |
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> > > > |
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> > Actually, he isn't, which is hard to |
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> > > demonstrate since everybody is |
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> > top-posting. |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > Actually he is and your reply |
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> > > |
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> > supports that point. Also, I top posted |
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> > > because he did and I posted that |
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> > reasoning. |
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> > > I'm sure he will get |
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> > around |
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> > > to bottom |
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> > > posting when he gets his install done. |
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> > Who knows what he |
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> > > is |
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> > > using at the moment. |
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> > > > |
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> > > >> On |
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> > Saturday, |
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> > > September 24, 2016 9:47 AM, |
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> > Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk <mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk>> |
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> > > >> wrote: |
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> > > |
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> > >> |
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> > > >> You need to read |
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> > chapter 1 of the |
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> > > Gentoo handbook from |
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> > start to finish, |
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> > > >> then read |
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> > it again. |
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> > > > The handbook |
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> > doesn't have chapters. |
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> > > The step |
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> > that was missed was well |
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> > > > into |
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> > > the process. |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > > |
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> > > If he |
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> > was reading and following the install |
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> > > |
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> > guide, how did he do that |
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> > > when he |
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> > missed a |
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> > > whole section? Obviously, |
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> > he wasn't following it |
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> > > since |
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> > > he missed the section. When I did |
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> > my |
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> > > first install well over a |
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> > decade |
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> > > ago, I read |
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> > > that thing at least three of four times |
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> > to even see if I |
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> > > wanted to try |
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> > Gentoo. During my last install |
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> > > on |
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> > my new rig a few years |
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> > > ago, I read |
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> > it |
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> > > twice even tho it was mostly the |
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> > same. Installing |
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> > > Gentoo |
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> > > isn't easy but it is very hard |
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> > > when you are not familiar enough with |
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> > the |
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> > > process to even realize you |
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> > missed a whole |
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> > > section. If you |
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> > follow the |
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> > > guide and |
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> > > don't miss anything, it should |
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> > work. The only major |
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> > > set back |
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> > > you can have is a badly configured |
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> > > kernel that won't complete the |
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> > boot |
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> > > process. I might add, this is |
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> > also why I |
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> > > prefer a one page guide. |
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> > |
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> > > Start at the top |
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> > > and work your way to the bottom. Very |
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> > little chance of |
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> > > missing anything |
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> > then. |
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> > > |
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> > > Now |
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> > that he knows he missed a section, maybe he |
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> > > can chroot into it, do |
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> > > that section and |
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> > > |
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> > finish the install. That is unless his mobo blows out. |
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> > > :/ |
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> > > |
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> > > Dale |
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> > > |
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> > > :-) :-) |
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