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You are giving a generic answer to what you see as a generic question. |
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I really can't play 20 questions by repeating over until the light comes on. |
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On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:21 PM |
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On Sat, 24 Sep 2016 |
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15:05:24 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote: |
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> Honestly, your reply is |
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not helpful. I have read through the the |
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> handbook and the directions there do not |
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match the screen results. |
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You'd need to be more specific about |
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that. |
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> I |
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> take offense at your arrogant tone in |
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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 |
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experience may find my request naive, I went to |
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> the list for suggestions beyond the |
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handbook.Also, you confuse the two |
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> |
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parts of my question in your smackdown. |
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Firstly, it wasn't a smackdown. Secondly, |
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you asked two separate |
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questions. I only |
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tried to answer one of them, which is why I quoted only |
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one. |
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As has |
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been mentioned elsewhere, your problem was caused by missing |
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a |
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step. The point I was trying to make is |
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that it is important to follow |
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the handbook |
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carefully, so the advice was to read it fully before |
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attempting to follow it. Reading it and |
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following it at the same time is |
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asking for |
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trouble. |
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Experience has |
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shown that a large proportion of new user install |
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problems are caused by a failure to follow the |
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handbook correctly. |
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Sometimes this is caused |
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by someone thinking they know better and taking |
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a shortcut but more often it is simply a |
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moaater of a mistake or |
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misunderstanding |
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somewhere. |
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> Sorry |
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for the annoyance and |
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> possibleviolation |
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of list protocol, but I expected a bit more support. |
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> On |
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Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:47 AM, Neil Bothwick |
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> <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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wrote: |
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> On Sat, |
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24 Sep 2016 12:13:00 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson |
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wrote: |
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> > Also, |
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I read that it is possible to install Gentoo from the |
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Live |
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> > DVD.How do I do that? |
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> You need to read |
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chapter 1 of the Gentoo handbook from start to finish, |
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> then read it again. When you understand |
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what is going on, you then boot |
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> from |
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the live DVD and follow the installation instructions fro |
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the |
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> handbook. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I distinctly remember forgetting |
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that. |