On 01/20/12 18:58, Grant wrote: >> OK, so the install is old and portage has dependencies, right? >> >> emerge -pvDuN portage >> >> will get you closer. However this is probably best covered using >> Neil's suggestion of >> >> emerge -pvDuN @system > > I can't even get started: >
Do you have some idea of what config files are important on the machine? You can always extract a stage3 at the root. That basically installs the latest @system for you, with the massive caveat that you won't have CONFIG_PROTECTion.
