Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re:
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 05:41:10
Message-Id: 8cf5ef78-d77c-4996-aee8-518ef2dccab7@email.android.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: by Grant Edwards
1 On 4 March 2014 22:26:27 CET, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >On 2014-03-04, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 >> It's not 100% apparent how the install works from reading the
5 >handbook,
6 >> you have to do it to see how it works. Do note that all distro
7 >installer
8 >> work in this general way, Gentoo just lets you see more of the
9 >process.
10 >> In summary:
11 >>
12 >> You need a running OS to install an OS. You get this anywhere you
13 >choose
14 >> but the easiest is to boot from a removeable media (CD, USB, etc).
15 >
16 >Booting the Gentoo minimal install "CD" (from CD/DVD or USB flash
17 >drive) is the canonical way to get to the point where you start
18 >following the steps in the handbook. On one recent install, I used
19 >systemrescuecd 4.xx, which gives you a nice minimal XFCE desktop with
20 >the Midori web browser you can use to read the handbook (and wander
21 >around the web while stuff builds). There was one step -- installing
22 >syslog-ng, I think -- where there was a glitch due to an environment
23 >variable set by srcd.
24 >
25 >Immediately after doing the "chroot" do the following command
26 >
27 ># export path=
28 >
29 >See below for more details
30 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-921678-start-0.html
31 > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-786386.html
32 >
33 >Another convenient option is to boot the minimal install CD make sure
34 >network works, start sshd, and then log in from another machine where
35 >you can cut/paste stuff from the handbook into a terminal window.
36
37 The last install I did was with the latest sysrccd. (Downloaded at most 2 weeks ago) and I had no issues with syslog-ng.
38
39 Did you follow the step where you do " source /etc/profile "?
40
41 --
42 Joost
43 --
44 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.