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 1QaFX6-00026R-Fm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:11:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD8491C038; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 777091C038 for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:08:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D665E2AC03F for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:08:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -5.298 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.298 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.301, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id nJ43I3MUGk7K for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:08:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B0BD2AC03C for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:08:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QaFU7-0000SK-PE for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:08:23 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.231.30]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:08:23 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:08:23 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: about the minimal install isos Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:08:11 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87wrgaakv8.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87aad8avnj.fsf@newsguy.com> <871uyjb6xy.fsf@newsguy.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-231-30.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:UqzK8SBA7isgbK0udXH+Lp0F5ww= X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: db0edceaccfa3a3c0d8a837384343adb Mark Knecht writes: > As for Gentoo installs, IMHO, they are in a bit of a mess right > now. Last weekend a friend decided to give Linux a try and I helped > him install Gentoo. The tarballs still, after nearly a month I think, > didn't include all the required /dev stuff in the stage3 tarball which > caused the machine to not boot. Maybe that's what you're seeing? I I'm at the stage right now of trying to boot from the vm harddrive. What is missing from stage3? Maybe I can get it straightened out now before turning the vm on its own.