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On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na> wrote: |
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> On Friday 02 May 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > On Friday 02 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> > > Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a |
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> > > 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 |
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> > > system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files |
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> > > using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? |
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> > > |
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> > > At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and |
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> > > noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, |
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> > > etc., are now gone from the servers. |
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> > |
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> > There shouldn't be a problem. Aside from the fact that a LiveCD is |
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> > quite a complex thing, as far as installation goes it's sole |
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> > purpose is to provide an environment where you can unpack a stage3 |
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> > and chroot into it. |
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> > |
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> > When you have chrooted, you are essentially in a self-contained |
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> > environment and all that is left of the original environment is the |
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> > kernel it provides. |
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> Well, plus all running services/daemons unless you take them down |
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> after chrooting and bring them up again within the chroot. |
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> This can be a life saver. I have my portage tree on box A while box B |
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> NFS mounts it. At one stage, NFS versions of A and B got so out of |
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> sync, B couldn't NFS mount /usr/portage any more. A LiveCD with an |
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> NFS version matching (well, at least fitting) the one on box A was my |
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> path to salvation. ;-) |
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> |
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> > The build system is provided entirely by the |
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> > chroot and nothing in user space can come from or be influenced by |
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> > what's outside it (this is the entire point of chroot). |
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> This, of course, is absolutely true. |
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> Uwe |
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Thanks guys. I've finished the install and attempted to boot. My first |
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kernel failed at some point I've not run into before complaining about |
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IO_APIC vectors. I'm searching around in Google for what might have |
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caused that and building a new kernel in parallel. |
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The good sign is the machine is starting to show some life. I need to |
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put the dual boot stuff in grub.conf and make sure Windows is still |
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booting, and then get this kernel issue worked out. |
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Thanks for all your inputs today. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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