Re: [gentoo-user] New Install

[Christopher Robinson <chrisrobinson@rocketmail.com>]

You are giving a generic answer to what you see as a generic question.
I really can't  play 20 questions by repeating over until the light comes on.
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On Sat, 9/24/16, Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Install
 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
 Date: Saturday, September 24, 2016, 4:21 PM
 
 On Sat, 24 Sep 2016
 15:05:24 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson wrote:
 
 > Honestly, your reply is
 not helpful. I have read through the the
 > handbook and the directions there do not
 match the screen results.
 
 You'd need to be more specific about
 that.
 
 > I
 > take offense at your arrogant tone in
 reply to a beginners request for
 
 I wasn't trying to be offensive.
 
 > help.While those with
 experience may find my request naive, I went to
 > the list for suggestions beyond the
 handbook.Also, you confuse the two
 >
 parts of my question in your smackdown.
 
 Firstly, it wasn't a smackdown. Secondly,
 you asked two separate
 questions. I only
 tried to answer one of them, which is why I quoted only
 one.
 
 As has
 been mentioned elsewhere, your problem was caused by missing
 a
 step. The point I was trying to make is
 that it is important to follow
 the handbook
 carefully, so the advice was to read it fully before
 attempting to follow it. Reading it and
 following it at the same time is
 asking for
 trouble.
 
 Experience has
 shown that a large proportion of new user install
 problems are caused by a failure to follow the
 handbook correctly.
 Sometimes this is caused
 by someone thinking they know better and taking
 a shortcut but more often it is simply a
 moaater of a mistake or
 misunderstanding
 somewhere.
 
 
 > Sorry
 for the annoyance and
 > possibleviolation
 of list protocol, but I expected a bit more support. 
 > 
 >     On
 Saturday, September 24, 2016 9:47 AM, Neil Bothwick
 > <neil@digimed.co.uk>
 wrote: 
 > 
 >  On Sat,
 24 Sep 2016 12:13:00 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Robinson
 wrote:
 > 
 > > Also,
 I read that it is possible to install Gentoo from the
 Live
 > > DVD.How do I do that?  
 > 
 > You need to read
 chapter 1 of the Gentoo handbook from start to finish,
 > then read it again. When you understand
 what is going on, you then boot
 > from
 the live DVD and follow the installation instructions fro
 the
 > handbook.
 > 
 > 
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Neil Bothwick
 
 I distinctly remember forgetting
 that.