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On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:26:27 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2014-03-04, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > You need a running OS to install an OS. You get this anywhere you |
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> > choose but the easiest is to boot from a removeable media (CD, USB, |
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> > etc). |
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> Booting the Gentoo minimal install "CD" (from CD/DVD or USB flash |
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> drive) is the canonical way to get to the point where you start |
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> following the steps in the handbook. On one recent install, I used |
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> systemrescuecd 4.xx, which gives you a nice minimal XFCE desktop with |
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> the Midori web browser you can use to read the handbook (and wander |
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> around the web while stuff builds). There was one step -- installing |
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> syslog-ng, I think -- where there was a glitch due to an environment |
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> variable set by srcd. |
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> Immediately after doing the "chroot" do the following command |
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> # export path= |
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> See below for more details |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-921678-start-0.html |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-786386.html |
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> |
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Gentoo used to have a page[1] documenting the required |
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deviations from the handbook to install from an arbitrary recent-glibc |
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linux environment. Now it redirects to a wiki page[2] with roughly |
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similar content. |
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When installing from media other than the official gentoo minimal |
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install cd, you should refer to the section currently labelled |
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"Installation from non-Gentoo LiveCDs" in [2] to avoid surprises. In |
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particular, I have several times seen people run into problems due to |
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not properly adapting the instructions on mounting (thus |
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missing /dev/pts in the chroot) and cleaning the environment prior to |
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chrooting (thus ending up with incomplete PATH or having various |
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variables set that break the build systems for packages bundling |
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gnulib). |
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(Sorry for arrogantly repeating some of the information you provided, |
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but since forums and mailing list entries get archived and are |
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searchable "forever" and are not updated, I feel it is prudent to |
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provide pointers to resources that have a greater chance of staying |
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relevant.) |
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1: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml |
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2: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Installation_alternatives |
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