On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:06:55 -0800, john gennard muttered: > Following the install write-up (ignoring a net connection), > I get to the point where after copying portage-20030911.tar.bz2 > to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage and chrooting and then running > 'env-update', 'source /etc/profile' (don't yet understand that!) > and 'export CONFIG_PROTECT="-* /etc/make.conf', the command > 'emerge -up system' still fails with the message "no profile > directory .. system mode unavailable".
I think what you've forgotten to do is unpack the portage image. After copying portage-########.tar.bz2 to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage, cd to that directory and "tar xvjf portage portage-########.tar.bz2" to unpack it. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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