Re: [gentoo-user] Re:

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

On 4 March 2014 22:26:27 CET, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 2014-03-04, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's not 100% apparent how the install works from reading the
>handbook,
>> you have to do it to see how it works. Do note that all distro
>installer
>> work in this general way, Gentoo just lets you see more of the
>process.
>> In summary:
>>
>> You need a running OS to install an OS. You get this anywhere you
>choose
>> but the easiest is to boot from a removeable media (CD, USB, etc).
>
>Booting the Gentoo minimal install "CD" (from CD/DVD or USB flash
>drive) is the canonical way to get to the point where you start
>following the steps in the handbook.  On one recent install, I used
>systemrescuecd 4.xx, which gives you a nice minimal XFCE desktop with
>the Midori web browser you can use to read the handbook (and wander
>around the web while stuff builds).  There was one step -- installing
>syslog-ng, I think -- where there was a glitch due to an environment
>variable set by srcd.
>
>Immediately after doing the "chroot" do the following command
>
># export path=
>
>See below for more details
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-921678-start-0.html
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-786386.html
>
>Another convenient option is to boot the minimal install CD make sure
>network works, start sshd, and then log in from another machine where
>you can cut/paste stuff from the handbook into a terminal window.

The last install I did was with the latest sysrccd. (Downloaded at most 2 weeks ago) and I had no issues with syslog-ng.

Did you follow the step where you do " source /etc/profile "?

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