[gentoo-user] 2006.0 Install

[gentoo-user] 2006.0 Install

[Ash Varma]

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Hi.

I am just waiting on delivery of 2 new Alienware lappys.. Going to
install Gentoo on them both...

I have done multiple installs, but would like to know if it is possible
to do the standard ("old") console based install I have done in the
past, or are the 2006.0 install CDs only able to do a graphical
install..

Thanks



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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 Install

[Thomas Kear]

The livecd works just like any linux install with X; hit
control+alt+F1(/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6) and it will happily drop you to a
terminal.

Alternatively you can open an xterm or similar and use a graphical web
browser to view the handbook rather than links.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 Install

[Ash Varma]

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On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 23:41 +1300, Thomas Kear wrote:

> The livecd works just like any linux install with X; hit
> control+alt+F1(/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6) and it will happily drop you to a
> terminal.
> 
> Alternatively you can open an xterm or similar and use a graphical web
> browser to view the handbook rather than links.
> 

Perfect..
Just what I wanted to hear..
I was hearing about the graphical installer.. (and was not paying it too
much attention.. till I thought of the graphical installer ALA Fedora,
etc...)

But this is just what I wanted.. Thanks :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 Install

[William Kenworthy]

Using the graphical for the first time in a qemu VM ... very spiffy and
I like it so far!  goodbye console installs - I have (not) fond
memories!

Only prob Ive got is CTRL-ALT-F1 takes me to the host console, not the
liveCD console in the VM, but this is probably a qemu thing.  Easy
enough to run an xterm anyway!

BillK

On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 23:49 +1300, Ash Varma wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 23:41 +1300, Thomas Kear wrote: 
> > The livecd works just like any linux install with X; hit
> > control+alt+F1(/F2/F3/F4/F5/F6) and it will happily drop you to a
> > terminal.
> > 
> > Alternatively you can open an xterm or similar and use a graphical web
> > browser to view the handbook rather than links.
> > 
> Perfect..
> Just what I wanted to hear..
> I was hearing about the graphical installer.. (and was not paying it
> too much attention.. till I thought of the graphical installer ALA
> Fedora, etc...)
> 
> But this is just what I wanted.. Thanks :)
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[gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

[Martin S]

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I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has partitions
and data I want to save.
Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering the
root password but when the actual installation is about to start the
installation dies. Using the cli it simply quits, using the graphical thing
I get "failed to set root password".
Any suggestions (other than "use the minimal CD")?

Regards,

Martin S

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

[Hervé]

I don't know if i translate your Email correctly,but to set the password
of root with "gentoo livecd" the cmd is : 
...$ sudo passwd
After you can used su to obtain the root privileges.

Hervé

Le samedi 19 août 2006 à 07:02 +0000, Martin S a écrit :
> I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has
> partitions and data I want to save.
> Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering
> the root password but when the actual installation is about to start
> the installation dies. Using the cli it simply quits, using the
> graphical thing I get "failed to set root password".
> Any suggestions (other than "use the minimal CD")?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Martin S


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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

[Martin S]

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2006/8/19, Hervé <herve-news-mi@wanadoo.fr>:
>
> I don't know if i translate your Email correctly,but to set the password
> of root with "gentoo livecd" the cmd is :
> ...$ sudo passwd
> After you can used su to obtain the root privileges.
>

The last few lines in the log (still) are:

GLI: August 19 2006 21:50:09 - Exception received during 'Set the root
password': SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: set_root_password: Failure to set
root password!
GLI: August 19 2006 21:50:09 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: August 19 2006 21:50:09 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py",
line 165, in run
    self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: August 19 2006 21:50:09 - File
"/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 1189, in set_root_password
    raise GLIException("SetRootPasswordError", 'fatal', 'set_root_password',
"Failure to set root password!")
GLI: August 19 2006 21:50:09 - GLIException: SetRootPasswordError :FATAL:
set_root_password: Failure to set root password!


Regards,

Martin S

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