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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: about the minimal install isos
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
<SNIP>
> I fully agree and `SystemRescueCD' is exactly what I ended up
> using.... still failed to get a working gentoo vm though. =C2=A0Why is it
> such a bitch to install gentoo into a guest vm?
>

Hi Harry,
   You've said this a couple of times that Gentoo in a VM isn't
working for you. I think you should start a thread specifically about
that.

   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
don't know because I haven't seen a real writeup on what the problem
is.

   Anyway, be sure that Gentoo does run in a guest VM.

Cheers,
Mark