wanting to try a new configurable linux I have been sent a gentoo x86 1.4 rc3 CD. At the top level there is one file livecd.cloop and two directories gentoo - (containing the three level tarballs) and isolinux (with initrd and gentoo.lss files in it among others). I'm guessing that the livecd.cloop file should be a boot.img or something like it as I don't think that gentoo can be installed unless you can boot from the CD. Normally (i.e. never before) I have no problem booting from CD's. Can anyone give any pointers?
Glen
On Sunday 20 April 2003 10:57 pm, Glen Tyler wrote:
wanting to try a new configurable linux I have been sent a gentoo x86 1.4 rc3 CD. At the top level there is one file livecd.cloop and two directories gentoo - (containing the three level tarballs) and isolinux (with initrd and gentoo.lss files in it among others). I'm guessing that the livecd.cloop file should be a boot.img or something like it as I don't think that gentoo can be installed unless you can boot from the CD. Normally (i.e. never before) I have no problem booting from CD's. Can anyone give any pointers?
basically the cd contains ISOLINUX, which gives you a nice linux environment, and the you make your partitions, format them ('mkfs.ext2 -j' for instance) mount them (gentoo advises a separate boot partition, as then its harder to break it!) just unzip the chosen tarball to the root of your new system partitons.
example: mkfs.ext2 -j /dev/hda1 mkfs.ext2 -j /dev/hda2 mkdir /mnt/gentoo mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo -t ext3 mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot -t ext3 cd /mnt/gentoo tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/stage?-*.tbz2 # untars the entire filesystem for a basic tree. get the flags right, and be in /mnt/gentoo, or you'll destroy the system you're hosting on. mkdir /mnt/gentoo/dev mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev # not vital,but makes installing a bootloader possible mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc # inportant if you want to emerge stuff (like lilo) cd /mnt/gentoo chroot . env-update source /etc/profile # you are now in, yay... emerge rsync # builds portage tree
think thats it. the only really agravating thing, is that if you boot off the cd it builds the filesystem from somewhere, and the install instructions are in /usr/doc/install.txt (i think). you dont seem to have them within the stage tarballs. ill send you the instructions if required, however its probably easier to boot the cd and put them on a partition/floppy/other computer whatever, or get them off the gentoo site.
ive been building gentoo for years, got 5 systems running it at the moment...
Glen
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On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 02:11:34PM +0100, Tristan Scott wrote:
ive been building gentoo for years, got 5 systems running it at the moment...
Years? ;) Anyway, are you running unstable at the moment? I am running it on 2 machines at the moment. Seriously cool with xfree 4.3 running (Hmm.. transparent mouse cursor!) along with the mm-sources. Though, my only problem at the moment is the ide-scsi bug in 2.5. Ah well, but the system response in 2.5.xx is incredible.
Possibly thinking of switching to the gaming-sources. I wonder what that would be like...
On Monday 21 April 2003 8:50 pm, Craig wrote:
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 02:11:34PM +0100, Tristan Scott wrote:
ive been building gentoo for years, got 5 systems running it at the moment...
Years? ;)
well, year at least....
Anyway, are you running unstable at the moment?
naah, too much hassle. on gaming sources. i mean to switch when alan cox has got the promise 376 to work, damn bleeding edge nforce 2 raid boards....
I am running it on 2 machines at the moment. Seriously cool with xfree 4.3 running
urgh, big download.....not yet
(Hmm.. transparent mouse cursor!) along with the mm-sources. Though, my only problem at the moment is the ide-scsi bug in 2.5. Ah well, but the system response in 2.5.xx is incredible.
Possibly thinking of switching to the gaming-sources. I wonder what that would be like...
stabler! havent really had any problems, dont think the performance is particularly better though. dont quote me there, as i havent run the gentoo sources or vanilla in ages (apart from the other machines, which are a server (just serves mp3s, distfiles mirror etc, kinda handy as its a 24/7, its got a cron job to emerge rsync ; emerge --fetchonly -u world at midnight.) workstation (at work, must be working so thats vanilla (i think) sisters machine (mainly runs msn on windows, urgh) parents machine (hasnt been emerge -u world in months, still, they cant break it) and my box. (full tower, 2600+, 1gb PC2700, 200Gb (down from 280, rest is now in server - which is 140gb.)
Craig wrote:
On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 02:11:34PM +0100, Tristan Scott wrote:
ive been building gentoo for years, got 5 systems running it at the moment...
Years? ;) Anyway, are you running unstable at the moment? I am running it on 2 machines at the moment. Seriously cool with xfree 4.3 running (Hmm.. transparent mouse cursor!) along with the mm-sources. Though, my only problem at the moment is the ide-scsi bug in 2.5. Ah well, but the system response in 2.5.xx is incredible.
Possibly thinking of switching to the gaming-sources. I wonder what that would be like...
We use G2 in a production environment, so we're still on 1.2. Worse, I haven't had a chance to play with 1.4 *at all* yet, despite the imminence of the full release. I need to a) install and play, and b) document and test the migration process. The biggest issue, I suppose, is migrating our build script to use 1.4, which will be a challenge... Time!
Cheers, Laurie.
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