http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-488946.html
I'm not yet done but I think I can move on from here. Kernel baking isn't my thing. Hehehe..
Thanks guys!
On 8/14/06, John Peter Loh <
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It looks like that I'll have to start over again and this time with ext2. I knew I should've chosen ext2 because I was more familiar with it than ext3 or reiserfs. Meanwhile, I'll check the handbook. I'm browsing through the forums too if I can find something there.On 8/13/06, Cocoy < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:john,
ext3 is simply ext2 with the journal turned on. so it shouldn't be the problem. you probably missed a spot somewhere durning the whole building gentoo thing. the quick guide... i've never been a fan of... the direct approach using the gentoo handbook usually wins the day... for me anway. i always try to do it really "light"--- build fast with the fewest features turned on... then once able to boot into the system, thats when you customize stuff to your liking, like turning compiler settings and such and using the unstable tree ;)
the kernel can not "see" your / install--- few things can be wrong, something broke when you compiled your kernel. i suggest a step by step approach--- make menuconfig, make, make modules, make modules_install, make install--- this way you'll know where it breaks. and sometimes you've compiled something that does break even if the kernel compile says it compiled properly. look towards your /var/log if it was able to capture it. another thing that could have gone wrong why i asked earlier how valid is your / is that i made a mistake once building gentoo--- i built the system in a loopback and not on the hard drive itself (pretty stupid i know. i was in a rush and didn't bother to check and do a step by step approach). another thing that "make install" would let you know is if grub was properly installed and if you're installing the kernel correctly. it should copy the vmlinuz to your /boot dir. and a simple edit of grub.conf would help.
i encountered a kernel panic when i seem to have forgotten to set the processor to the right platform (another stupid thing that i did)....
when all else has failed and you're out of your mind, i suggest a rebuild from scratch. you could do it the easy way--- use the livecd. or you can go use the minimal cd, the on disc gentoo handbook. please do not use the quick guide and genkernel. :))
rogelio,
i don't know how apple installs their systems. all ia have with mine is the install dvd... which you can select as the start disk from os x. upon reboot--- it walks you through the install process. nothing as complicated and as fun as gentoo. of all the distros, gentoo is the most difficult to install but once you've had the hang of it, way more fun ;) ...it also can be the most frustrating and can drive your mind out. :))
but i love my gentoo boxes :)
cheers everyone
also when building for the first time i suggest you have two separate partitions--- / and swap this way, its easy and neat.On 8/13/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 8/13/06, James Purser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But ext3 should work. Im booting my pc that way.
>
> Is your /boot a seperate partition? I got stung with the ext2 problem
> when I was looking at gentoo.
>
> > OMG! There has to be an easier way...
>
> The plaintive cry of computer users everywhere I think :)
Well something needs to be done.
I wonder how apple do their installs.
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2. keeps asking about filenames and directories
3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday
4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made
5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself
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