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Yes, i guess it is required to be willing and able to read instructions. |
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However, when you are not a linux expert and want to set-up a gentoo |
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workstation fast (my case) i think it would be convenient to use a graphical |
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installer and then, with time get to know the basic install and all the |
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concepts behind it. |
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I have installed gentoo before using the normal install, nevertheless i'd |
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never get it right the first time so i thought "hey! i'll try with the |
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graphic for once, should be simpler and faster" (i achieved successful |
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installs with the 2006.0 LiveCD). |
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Anyway, back to whats important. I tried an installation downloading the |
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stage from the following URL |
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http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2 and, again, |
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all ended in a big fail, here are the logs: |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:09:04 - Gentoo Linux Installer version 0.5.4 |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:12:59 - Mounted mountpoint: / |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:13:00 - Created mountpoint /boot |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:13:00 - Mounted mountpoint: /boot |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:17:37 - Fetching and unpacking tarball: |
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http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2 |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:38 - |
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http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2 was fetched |
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and unpacked. |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - Chroot environment ready. |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - This is a bad thing. An exception occured |
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outside of the normal install errors. The error was: '[Errno 2] No such file |
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or directory: '/mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/spawn.sh'' |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - Traceback (most recent call last): |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File |
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"/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 122, in run |
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func() |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File |
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"/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 583, in |
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install_portage_tree |
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exitstatus = GLIUtility.spawn("emerge sync", chroot=self._chroot_dir, |
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display_on_tty8=True, logfile=self._compile_logfile, append_log=True) |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File "/opt/installer/GLIUtility.py", line |
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302, in spawn |
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wrapper = open(chroot+"/var/tmp/spawn.sh", "w") |
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GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or |
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directory: '/mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/spawn.sh' |
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PS: I guess i'll start downloading the normal install cd... |
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2007/9/7, Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>: |
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> |
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> On Thursday 06 September 2007, Whitt Madden wrote: |
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> > I agree, I think the reason most don't want to go that route, is |
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> > because they have to read the instructions. I do think however, that |
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> > if they offer it as a way to do the install, it should work. I've |
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> > had trouble with the graphical installer ever since it came to be. I |
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> > wonder why it has so many issues? |
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> |
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> I would think that the ability and willingness to read instructions is a |
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> prerequisite to running a gentoo system. And it should be |
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> non-negotiable, much like the ability and willingness to read is a |
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> prerequisite for a university education. |
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> |
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> I fundamentally disagree with with the whole idea of a noob-proof gui |
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> installer for gentoo. That's ubuntu's province and they are very good |
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> at it. Gentoo caters to a different market. |
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> |
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> I'm not being elitist, I'm being pragmatic. |
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> |
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> alan |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Optimists say the glass is half full, |
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> Pessimists say the glass is half empty, |
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> Developers say wtf is the glass twice as big as it needs to be? |
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> |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za |
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> +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> |
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> |