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>>> I just received the new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook and I'm trying to |
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>>> install Gentoo but I can't get install-amd64-minimal-20120223.iso to |
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>>> boot via a USB key. |
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>> Have you tested your boot USB keys on another machine? |
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> Gentoo is installed but I can't get my USB->ethernet adapter to bring |
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> up an eth0 (or any other) interface. It works if I boot the Kubuntu |
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> USB key. I've definitely built the correct driver into the kernel |
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> (mcs7380). I'm going through an emerge world right now to bring |
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> everything up to date. Is there anything else I might need to do? |
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> - Grant |
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I enabled some more kernel options under USB Network Adapters and it's |
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working now. The install is about done but there were a few |
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peculiarities: |
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1. fdisk won't let me specify a start block before 2048 even though I |
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deleted all partitions. |
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2. grub-install reported something like: |
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fd0 |
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hd0 |
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hd1 |
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where hd1 was the USB key. Should I fix this to remove the USB key from grub? |
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3. Portage complains about duplicate repositories. I think it has to |
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do with the fact that I ran emerge --sync without downloading and |
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extracting an initial snapshot. |
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Please let me know if you have any idea on these. |
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- Grant |
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