[gentoo-user] Incompatibility of gentoo 2006

[gentoo-user] Incompatibility of gentoo 2006

[Shain Lee]

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Hi , 

What models of servers are currently supported for gentoo 2006 version . Is that version , perfect with the Servers ?

Few days back i tried to install gentoo 2006 , for my DELL Optiplex 170L machine .( my development pc ). It wont come into the installation GUI , it failed.

as i guesed , there wasnt proper graphic card driver , that's why it doesnt load the gui .
anyway , again , i would like to ask , what are the PC models that supported from gentoo 2006 with gui ?

Thank you,
Shaine.


 		
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Re: [gentoo-user] Incompatibility of gentoo 2006

[Roy Wright]

Shain Lee wrote:
> Hi , 
>
> What models of servers are currently supported for gentoo 2006 version . Is that version , perfect with the Servers ?
>
> Few days back i tried to install gentoo 2006 , for my DELL Optiplex 170L machine .( my development pc ). It wont come into the installation GUI , it failed.
>
> as i guesed , there wasnt proper graphic card driver , that's why it doesnt load the gui .
> anyway , again , i would like to ask , what are the PC models that supported from gentoo 2006 with gui ?
>   

I tried the 2006.0 gui installer the other day.  First pass I spent the
time to
customize the config so it rewarded me with an emerge error, which stopped
the install.  OK says I, let's just try it with the defaults.  This time
another
package's build failed.  Gave up on the GUI installer.  Did a stage 3 manual
install straight from the handbook.  Worked like a charm.

So I'd recommend doing a manual install.  Really, it doesn't take much
longer
than the gui install, and you can recover from any problems.

HTH,
Roy

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Re: [gentoo-user] Incompatibility of gentoo 2006

[Daniel da Veiga]

On 8/15/06, Shain Lee <gsm_linux@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> What models of servers are currently supported for gentoo 2006 version . Is
> that version , perfect with the Servers ?

Anything directly or indirectly supported by Linux itself should work
with Gentoo, after all, its linux. There's no such thing as "Gentoo
supported". Of course, for the INSTALL you may find problems, but you
should be able to install gentoo from any LiveCD or already running
distro. Check the manuals. As for a perfect version for servers,
Gentoo is highly customizable, in fact, you only install what you
want, the way you want it, so, you can install either a server or a
desktop the same way, it all depends on the packages you'll choose.

>
> Few days back i tried to install gentoo 2006 , for my DELL Optiplex 170L
> machine .( my development pc ). It wont come into the installation GUI , it
> failed.

The GUI (as for "Gentoo Installer") is not perfect (yet).

>
> as i guesed , there wasnt proper graphic card driver , that's why it doesnt
> load the gui .
> anyway , again , i would like to ask , what are the PC models that supported
> from gentoo 2006 with gui ?

Any Linux supported graphic card, one way or another. You can even use
the VESA driver that will work with most (if not ALL) cards.

I strongly advice you (as you seem to be a beginner with Gentoo) to
try the manual install instead of the Installer. Do a stage3
installation and at the end, you'll have knowledge about how Gentoo
works and everything necessary to work and mantain your system.

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[gentoo-user] Re: Incompatibility of gentoo 2006

[James]

Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga <at> gmail.com> writes:


> The GUI (as for "Gentoo Installer") is not perfect (yet).

Boy, that's showing some restraint......

Of my (3) installs using LiveCD 2006.0, all three had to be
completed manually, Lots of wasted time using LiveCD 2006.0.
This was a result of scant-to-nil documentation explaining
what path (i.e. sequence of choices) to follow. So you just
have to float around the various 'sequences of choices'. Once
I got a bootable kernel out of the liveCD 2006.0, I learned
to finish the installation manually. (ugly, real ugly)...
On a positive note, the liveCD 2006 does do a pretty good job
of hardware discover, selection and driver loading.

Currently, *in my opinion*, the manual installation process
is the only one to use.  I have some additional systems to
to install, but, I'm waiting for 2006.1, which should be
released any day now. [1] will let you track the progress
of 2006.1 liveCD release schedule......

I'd be willing to beta test it, if it were released...
( I'd even promise not to bitch or ask any questions to anyone,
if a BETA of livedCD 2006.1) were available, for us commoners.

[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2006.1/2006.1.xml

ymmv,


James




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