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Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On 7/4/06, gentuxx <gentuxx@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> > Hi, |
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>> > I am moving my son from FC2 to Gentoo today. I went to get an |
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>> up to |
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>> > date universal CD and it seems that there isn't one. Is the |
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>> preferred |
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>> > stage 3 method of install these days to use the LiveCD and then just |
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>> > go to the console and work like the old days? |
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>> > |
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>> > Currently I'm ssh-ing off all his old stuff as back. If someone |
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>> > knows of any problems or things to be careful about when working |
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>> this |
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>> > way drop me a note back on or off list. |
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>> > |
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>> > Thanks, |
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>> > Mark |
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>> I'm not sure of the major differences between the liveCD and the |
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>> Universal CD. I think the Universal CD just contained mored packages |
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>> (portage snapshots, etc.). I saw the "definitions" of each CD |
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>> somewhere yesterday, but can't seem to place my finger on it now. I |
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>> think the only difference is that you have to download the portage |
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>> snapshot from the web (which isn't a bad idea anyway). The |
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>> Installation Handbook covers this. |
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>> |
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>> HTH |
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>> |
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> |
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> Thanks. By the time I saw you message I had already managed to build |
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> and reboot the machine. It's up and running but no networking yet so |
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> still to solve that one but at least it's Gentoo now. |
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> |
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> Thanks again, |
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> Mark |
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Have you tried modprobe'ing the module you might need for your NIC |
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(3c59x)? Then running `net-setup eth0' from the install CD? I had an |
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issue similar on one of my Sun systems, but was able to get it up that |
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way. |
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gentux |
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echo "hfouvyyAhnbjm/dpn" | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' |
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gentux's gpg fingerprint ==> 5495 0388 67FF 0B89 1239 D840 4CF0 39E2 |
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