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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 15:05:24 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> Honestly, your reply is not helpful. I have read through the the |
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> handbook and the directions there do not match the screen results. |
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You'd need to be more specific about that. |
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> I |
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> take offense at your arrogant tone in reply to a beginners request for |
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I wasn't trying to be offensive. |
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> help.While those with experience may find my request naive, I went to |
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> the list for suggestions beyond the handbook.Also, you confuse the two |
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> parts of my question in your smackdown. |
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Firstly, it wasn't a smackdown. Secondly, you asked two separate |
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questions. I only tried to answer one of them, which is why I quoted only |
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one. |
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As has been mentioned elsewhere, your problem was caused by missing a |
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step. The point I was trying to make is that it is important to follow |
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the handbook carefully, so the advice was to read it fully before |
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attempting to follow it. Reading it and following it at the same time is |
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asking for trouble. |
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Experience has shown that a large proportion of new user install |
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problems are caused by a failure to follow the handbook correctly. |
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Sometimes this is caused by someone thinking they know better and taking |
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a shortcut but more often it is simply a moaater of a mistake or |
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misunderstanding somewhere. |
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> Sorry for the annoyance and |
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> possibleviolation of list protocol, but I expected a bit more support. |
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> On Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:47 AM, Neil Bothwick |
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> <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 12:13:00 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> > Also, I read that it is possible to install Gentoo from the Live |
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> > DVD.How do I do that? |
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> You need to read chapter 1 of the Gentoo handbook from start to finish, |
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> then read it again. When you understand what is going on, you then boot |
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> from the live DVD and follow the installation instructions fro the |
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> handbook. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I distinctly remember forgetting that. |
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