On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 10:55 -0700, Scott Heath wrote: > Hey folks! > > I recently upgraded to my first 64 bit processor, and even found myself > with a copy of the 64 bit winxp, but I've been looking for an excuse to > de-window myself for some time and this seemed perfect. The last > command line interface I used was dos 5.0, so its been fun trying to get > around, but I need help. > > I'm currently running 2 hard drives, the first has Windows on it (which > I need to keep for a variety of application and game reasons) and I'm > looking to put Gentoo on the second drive. I've googled the heck out of > how to get the dual install right, but haven't been able to find the > right tutorial to get me straight. I've downloaded the .iso's for the > 2005.1 universal install and the package disk. When I boot the gentoo > CD, it gets me to 'preparing the disk for installation and then just > hangs. I can hit alt-F1 to get to the verbose screen, and it is > responsive, but I have no clue what so ever how to continue from there. > I read that for a few other versions of linux the HD had to be formated > in FAT32, so I repartitioned the drive that way, but still no luck. I'm > guessing that its because I'm trying to install do my 2nd hard drive > that is causing the problem. > > Any help to the linux noob would be great. Thanks folks
definitely read the handbook twice then install :) -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
