Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 20:58:08
Message-Id: C92E707A-1DF3-41E7-97DC-3A7C52CC19F2@antarean.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install by Christopher Robinson
1 On September 24, 2016 10:40:16 PM GMT+02:00, Christopher Robinson <chrisrobinson@××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 >Rich responded to my question. I don't feel much like repeating.
3 >I need the command to run the install after getting live cd # ~
4
5 First: STOP top posting
6 Second: Fix your mailer and stop posting in HTML
7 Third: Stop starting new threads
8
9 This will make following this simpler.
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11 As for your latest question. After booting with A install CD/USB/whatever, you need to follow the entire install guide.
12
13 There is NO installer that does it all for you.
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16 Joost
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21 >On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
22 >
23 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install
24 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
25 > Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:35 PM
26 >
27 > On Sat, 24 Sep 2016
28 > 16:15:01 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote:
29 >
30 > > Thank you for at least
31 > responding to my question. I did try creating a
32 > > password in root, but I could not boot
33 > from there.
34 >
35 > As Rich said,
36 > if you can't boot, the password is not the problem. What
37 > is
38 > the error message you get when trying to
39 > boot?
40 >
41 > > I will check out
42 > > the other manual suggestion. I had tried
43 > Systemrescue CD earlier, but
44 > > it
45 > displayed in a tiny screen resolution, unreadable even with
46 > a
47 > > magnifying lens.
48 >
49 > Press C or E (depending on
50 > which kernel you want) at the main menu and
51 > you'll get several more options including
52 > choices of screen resolution.
53 >
54 >
55 > --
56 > Neil
57 > Bothwick
58 >
59 > A Microsoft joke
60 > (is that a tautology?)
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64 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.