Re: [gentoo-user] Re: boot error

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:14:59 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> > And how does that comment help the OP? Without a link to the list
> > archives, all it tells him is that he is not the first to experience
> > this.  

> Well if the solution is so trivial, I wonder why the devs don't
> put the fix into the installation liveCD? The error can be 
> due to a variety of problems.

Which makes it anything but trivial. That would imply a single, simple
change.

> > Results 1 - 11 of 11 from archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user for "not a
> > valid root device".  
 
> I went to this  site. I have not seen this site before. I do not see an
> interface for searching historical postings.  Some enlightenment on
> searching out the postings would be appreciated.

I use Google to search it "search string site:archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user"

> Anywhy, even the handbook tells me to use a stage3 install tarball.
> HOwever, a stage 3 does not give one the opportunity to build a custom
> kernel. So my understanding is I'm going to have to use a stage 1
> tarball, which is not supported any more?

A stage 3 not only gives you the opportunity to build a kernel, it
requires you to do so (unless you use the live CD kernel which defeats
the object of using a customisable distro). Stage 3 only skips the
bootstrap and emerge system steps that take so much time with a Stage 1
install. I always do Stage 3 installs now, you can emerge -e system once
the system is running to apply your USE and CFLAGS customisations.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

The man who dies with the most toys is dead.

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