[gentoo-user] 2006.0 install

[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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[gentoo-user] Re: 2006.0 install

[James]

Martin S <shieldfire <at> gmail.com> writes:


> 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

An early paragraph in this newsletters talks about liveCD 2006.1

http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060814-newsletter.xml



>From a previous post:

Subject: Re: Incompatibility of gentoo 2006
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Date: 2006-08-15 15:15:09 GMT (6 days and 16 minutes ago)
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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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2006.0 install

[Martin S]

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2006/8/21, James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>:
>
> Martin S <shieldfire <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > 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
>
> An early paragraph in this newsletters talks about liveCD 2006.1
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060814-newsletter.xml
>
>
>
> From a previous post:
>
> Subject: Re: Incompatibility of gentoo 2006
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user
> Date: 2006-08-15 15:15:09 GMT (6 days and 16 minutes ago)
> 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 agree. After spending lots of time I have deduced that the installer,
2006.0 variety, doesn't handle installs if the user table is still on the
partition where it is going to be installed. It manages to install on empty
partitions (at least I think so, it's still at it after 24 hours)  - but
documentation is definately sub-par on the installer. I don't think it's the
doc team that handles it at this time, is it?

The error message in my original post indicates that there already is a root
user and that the installer isn't able to edit the password file.

Regards,

Martin S

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