From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_24_48,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.123]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15HH23-0007hK-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 21:39:23 -0600 Received: from pirastro.oistrakh.org (user-38ldn1o.dsl.mindspring.com [209.86.220.56]) by swan.mail.pas.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA20946 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (oistrakh@localhost) by pirastro.oistrakh.org (8.11.3/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f633cNU28332 for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:38:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oistrakh@earthlink.net) X-Authentication-Warning: pirastro.oistrakh.org: oistrakh owned process doing -bs From: Christian Chen X-X-Sender: To: Message-ID: <20010702202658.U28313-100000@pirastro.oistrakh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [gentoo-dev] installation snafus Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon Jul 2 21:40:03 2001 X-Original-Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:38:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Archives-Salt: 4bbc5c05-f04f-4558-bee8-c9838a43906b X-Archives-Hash: 190a1c767976e07f607c5d47db3814d7 Hi all, I've just installed gentoo on a machine using the i686 rc5 CD. Overall things look like they're working great, thanks for taking the time to put together this distro! I did run into a couple of installation snafus which I think can easily be resolved via documentation. After rebooting my system after the initial install, I found that I could not emerge any more packages off the CD until I did two things: 1. Rebooted off of the install CD and copied the contents of /usr/portage to my own /usr/portage. This copied over all the ebuild scripts. Since I didn't want to copy over the packages directory, which was also under /usr/portage, I had to do step two ... 2. After rebooting back into my own system, create a symbolic link from my own /usr/portage/packages to /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/packages. I figured this all out by re-tracing the steps in the installation guide on your web site. The installation guide does not explicitly explain that these steps are necessary, however. Copying over the /usr/portage files in step 1 is implied by the step in the installation guide where a symbolic link is made from /etc/make.profile to /usr/portage/profiles/default, but it would have been much nicer to have this step laid out specifically. I'm still figuring out the system, so if there was a better way to do this, please let me know! Again, thanks for taking the time to create this distribution! Christian Chen