Gentoo

[kid robusto]

so all i have to do is download the stage 1, and burn it to a cd, and it ~should ~ boot. i see that almost all the files at like tar.bz2 is this a normal format for can be burn like a reg .iso or do i need some special software?

[Jeff Rodriguez]

It will boot to a prompt and you have to give it install commands and everything (I think). You won't be able to do anything other than install.
But don't take my word for it.

As for burning, I have no idea.

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by kid robusto

so all i have to do is download the stage 1, and burn it to a cd, and it ~should ~ boot. i see that almost all the files at like tar.bz2 is this a normal format for can be burn like a reg .iso or do i need some special software?

1. You need an install CD, also called the live CD (.iso)
2. A data CD with a stage (.tar.bz2) on it

In Gentoo- a stage is a collection of programs that have been pre-compiled. The higher the stage, the more pre-compiled programs you get. The larger the file size of the stage tar ball.

A .tar.bz2 file is usually a group of files that have been archived using the tar utlily. Then, it is run through the bz2 compression algorithm.

[Ryan M.]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

1. You need an install CD, also called the live CD (.iso)
2. A data CD with a stage (.tar.bz2) on it

In Gentoo- a stage is a collection of programs that have been pre-compiled. The higher the stage, the more pre-compiled programs you get. The larger the file size of the stage tar ball.

A .tar.bz2 file is usually a group of files that have been archived using the tar utlily. Then, it is run through the bz2 compression algorithm.

Just to add to that, the point of having fewer pre-compiled files is the size, but more importantly, you get to compile them optimized specifically for your machine.

Yeah, and be careful with the flags. The install I did used as many optimizations as I could figure out, but I ended up with errors.

[kid robusto]

S far so good, I am up to copying over the portage tree. What i am wondering is did i miss a step or is the manual missing a step? When I came to: tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20031011.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr ; it gave me some error msg. I dont know if i did the right thing, but I : mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr : and now it seems to be unzipping everything alright, but should i have like mounted it or something?

weel i got pas that part for now, i hope. but now a few mins later, i am upto where i have to open nano to edit the make.conf fiel, execpt i dont have one, and there isnt ever a /mnt/gentoo/etc folder. How have i gone so wrong?



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[pludodog]

Originally Posted by kid robusto

S far so good, I am up to copying over the portage tree. What i am wondering is did i miss a step or is the manual missing a step? When I came to: tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-20031011.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr ; it gave me some error msg. I dont know if i did the right thing, but I : mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr : and now it seems to be unzipping everything alright, but should i have like mounted it or something?

weel i got pas that part for now, i hope. but now a few mins later, i am upto where i have to open nano to edit the make.conf fiel, execpt i dont have one, and there isnt ever a /mnt/gentoo/etc folder. How have i gone so wrong?



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It sounds like you may not have extracted your stage tarball to the right place... It has to be extracted to /mnt/gentoo (After that is mounted, of course); the easiest way of doing this is to copy it to /mnt/gentoo, cd to that directory, and then untar it..


Don't forget the gentoo forums, http://forums.gentoo.org, are a great resource of knowledge for just about everything...