From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QKfvX-00062f-Tv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:08:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DAA8D1C0C0; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.66]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F791C0C0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:06:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from user-12hck1e.cable.mindspring.com ([69.22.80.46] helo=[192.168.0.51]) by pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1QKftg-000542-00 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 May 2011 20:06:24 -0400 Message-ID: <4DCC7600.2010807@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:06:24 -0400 From: Felix Miata Organization: less than infinite User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110411 SeaMonkey/2.1b3 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install References: <20110512210358.GA21368@gaurahari> In-Reply-To: <20110512210358.GA21368@gaurahari> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: dfc062b507590ef7e97c89afc3fc50c6 On 2011/05/12 17:03 (GMT-0400) Indi composed: > On 2011/05/12 16:41 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed: >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 seems to >> have a circular reference, that is, suggesting the use of the subject utility >> prior to chrooting and having any such utility in $PATH. I've never installed >> Gentoo before, so maybe I've missed something. Or maybe that page could use >> another link or some rewrite to clarify? >> I tried to find an answer via http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/ but it >> seems to lack a search function/box. :-( > It's been quite awhile since I installed, but ISTR that mirrorselect > must be emerged after chrooting into the new envirnment. > You can also just add mirrors manually, like this: > GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ > ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/" Since I'm familiar and happy with mirrors.us.kernel.org performance, I might rather use that, or rsync.us.gentoo.org (if that's not yet another/separate entry make.conf needs, not clear from my reading of the OP URL). So all GENTOO_MIRRORS needs is the same URL once as http and once as ftp, or is that something specific to mcs.anl.gov? It's encouraging to try a new distro, join its mailing list, ask a question, and get 3 answers within half an hour of asking, and even get one 17 minutes before I asked the question (2011/05/12 16:24 (GMT-0400) Todd Goodman using Mutt). :-) In the pages preceding http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 it seemed as though the process would be easy enough, having built up some experience working in chroot lately to fix fubar'd Fedora and Mandriva rpm database disasters (https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=32547 & https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680508). I guess I missed the requirement to be running Gentoo to be able to initiate an install of Gentoo. I thought whatever Linux was already installed would be good enough, until I got to the mirrorselect instructions, and found no incorporated alternative such as Indi has replied with. Indeed, not needing to have booted Gentoo to run a Gentoo installer was part of the allure that got me started. I have more than 20 functional multiboot puters, with few having less than 4 installed operating systems. More typical is 12+. What I use 24/7 are openSUSE and eComStation. Most of the rest are either backup, or [OS,browser,web site] testing only. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/