maxim wexler <bliss...@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi group,
>
> Using xubuntu on a usb stick to install gentoo on a eeepc, 4g,
> 900A. I've gotten as far as kernel config(Quick-install Guide ->
> Kernel Configuration) but when I try to emerge gentoo-sources portage
> can't resolve any of the addresses and the process fails.
Can you browse from your xubuntu? Looks like you are not connected to
internet. If you are able to browse from xubuntu, then copy the
/etc/resolv.conf file from xubuntu to gentoo partition:
cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
> Does it have something to do with the previous section, "Set your host
> name and domain name"? I followed the model given:
>
> hosts: 127.0.0.1 eeebox.at.eeeplace eeebox localhost
>
> hostname: HOSTNAME="eeebox"
Nope. Nothing to do with this.
> BTW, it took 22mins for the portage snapshot to be unpacked, is that
> similar to anybody else's experience?
22 mins is very long time. Generally stage3 tarball should take longer
than portage, probably have to do with the verbose flag of tar command
(it slows the process when using a slow terminal).
> BTW2, I'm using dialup via a serial/usb cable to complete the job at
> home, whereas the stage3-i686-20090422 and portage-20090502 were
> downloaded over wireless at the Wifi-Cafe. Don't tell me the numbers
> must match exactly!
No the numbers don't matter.
Regards,
Masood Ahmed
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