Yes, i guess it is required to be willing and able to read instructions. However, when you are not a linux expert and want to set-up a gentoo workstation fast (my case) i think it would be convenient to use a graphical installer and then, with time get to know the basic install and all the concepts behind it.
I have installed gentoo before using the normal install, nevertheless i'd never get it right the first time so i thought "hey! i'll try with the graphic for once, should be simpler and faster" (i achieved successful installs with the
2006.0 LiveCD).
Anyway, back to whats important. I tried an installation downloading the stage from the following URL
http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2
and, again, all ended in a big fail, here are the logs:
GLI: September 07 2007 12:09:04 - Gentoo Linux Installer version 0.5.4
GLI: September 07 2007 12:12:59 - Mounted mountpoint: /
GLI: September 07 2007 12:13:00 - Created mountpoint /boot
GLI: September 07 2007 12:13:00 - Mounted mountpoint: /boot
GLI: September 07 2007 12:17:37 - Fetching and unpacking tarball: http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:38 - http://gentoo.localhost.net.ar/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2 was fetched and unpacked.
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - Chroot environment ready.
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - This is a bad thing. An exception occured outside of the normal install errors. The error was: '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/spawn.sh''
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 122, in run
func()
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 583, in install_portage_tree
exitstatus = GLIUtility.spawn("emerge sync", chroot=self._chroot_dir, display_on_tty8=True, logfile=self._compile_logfile, append_log=True)
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - File "/opt/installer/GLIUtility.py", line 302, in spawn
wrapper = open(chroot+"/var/tmp/spawn.sh", "w")
GLI: September 07 2007 12:24:40 - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/gentoo/var/tmp/spawn.sh'
PS: I guess i'll start downloading the normal install cd...
2007/9/7, Alan McKinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za>:
On Thursday 06 September 2007, Whitt Madden wrote:
> I agree, I think the reason most don't want to go that route, is
> because they have to read the instructions. I do think however, that
> if they offer it as a way to do the install, it should work. I've
> had trouble with the graphical installer ever since it came to be. I
> wonder why it has so many issues?
I would think that the ability and willingness to read instructions is a
prerequisite to running a gentoo system. And it should be
non-negotiable, much like the ability and willingness to read is a
prerequisite for a university education.
I fundamentally disagree with with the whole idea of a noob-proof gui
installer for gentoo. That's ubuntu's province and they are very good
at it. Gentoo caters to a different market.
I'm not being elitist, I'm being pragmatic.
alan
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