Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install failed - emerge gentoo-dev-sources

2005-01-22 Thread Leif B. Kristensen
On Saturday 22 January 2005 14:27, Patrick Schmidt wrote: > > Please start a new thread, it is not acceptable to hijack other > > threads. Most people will not give you any help when you hijack > > threads. > > > > Mike > > Can you tell me how it is that I hijacked a thread when I created a > new

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install failed - emerge gentoo-dev-sources

2005-01-22 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Please start a new thread, it is not acceptable to hijack other threads. Most people will not give you any help when you hijack threads. Mike Can you tell me how it is that I hijacked a thread when I created a new message (not reply) and sent it to the list? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing li

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install failed - emerge gentoo-dev-sources

2005-01-22 Thread Patrick Schmidt
Mike Noble wrote: Please start a new thread, it is not acceptable to hijack other threads. Most people will not give you any help when you hijack threads. Not my intention, did not know I did that, sorry. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install failed - emerge gentoo-dev-sources

2005-01-21 Thread Mike Noble
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Schmidt wrote: | AMD64 | Going through the Gentoo Linux 2004.3 AMD64 Handbook, step 7.b. | Installing the Sources, when I do "emerge gentoo-dev-sources" I get the | following output, in its entirety: | Please start a new thread, it is not accept

[gentoo-user] Newbie install failed - emerge gentoo-dev-sources

2005-01-21 Thread Patrick Schmidt
AMD64 Going through the Gentoo Linux 2004.3 AMD64 Handbook, step 7.b. Installing the Sources, when I do "emerge gentoo-dev-sources" I get the following output, in its entirety: Calculating dependencies >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking ucl-1.01.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/ucl-1.01-r1/work >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-14 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Robert G. Waycott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 06:22 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install. > > > > > From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-14 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Ben Munat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 22:35 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install. > Hi Hoyt, > > That "cd image root#" is the command prompt... it's wait

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-14 Thread Hoyt Bailey
- Original Message - From: "Steve Withers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 20:05 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install. > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:21, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > > Checked the instruction

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-14 Thread Robert G . Waycott
> > From: "Hoyt Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/01/13 Tue PM 04:21:40 EST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [gentoo-user] Newbie install. > > I received the Gentoo Linux 1.4 Athlon XP 2cd set. Read the instructions > and booted CD1.

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-13 Thread Ben Munat
Hi Hoyt, That "cd image root#" is the command prompt... it's waiting for you to start issuing commands. Which commands are explained in the installation docs on the website. Having recently gone through my first install, the best advice I can give you is follow the instructions *very* carefully

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-13 Thread Steve Withers
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:21, Hoyt Bailey wrote: > Checked the instructions and didnt find anything about cd image. What am I > supposed to tell the system? It's there. Maybe you didn't understand it. > As far as I can tell everything that I was concerned about was detected and > I should be

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-13 Thread Steve Withers
On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:21, Hoyt Bailey wrote: . > Checked the instructions and didnt find anything about cd image. What am I > supposed to tell the system? > > As far as I can tell everything that I was concerned about was detected and > I should be ok with that. I strongly recommend

[gentoo-user] Newbie install.

2004-01-13 Thread Hoyt Bailey
I received the Gentoo Linux 1.4 Athlon XP 2cd set. Read the instructions and booted CD1. I pressed F2 for kernel options and the system continued with ?. So I reset and while reading the instructions the system booted 2.4.21 (I would have prefered 2.4.23), but this was ok. Then I selected verbo

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-30 Thread Allen Parker
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RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-30 Thread Allen Parker
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RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-30 Thread Glenn English
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RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-26 Thread John Crist
i'm not exactly a pro with linux yet. actually i've only been using it for a few months now. i read over your posts and decided to try to help out for the first time. i appologize if i seem rather ignorant. i read in the origional post something about "compiling your own kernel" and "how do i do th

Re: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-25 Thread Stroller
On Nov 25, 2003, at 8:11 pm, Glenn English wrote: It's time to compile the kernel. The system boots from the hard disk, and root can log in, with a kernel compiled using the default config, but DMA isn't enabled for the disks. The 'Enable IDE DMA if available' config switch is on. Why isn't DMA? T

RE: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-25 Thread Allen Parker
ontact me personally off-list via email or IRC, I'd love to try to help you figure out this hardware problem. > -Original Message- > From: Eric Paynter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 3:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user]

Re: [gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-25 Thread Eric Paynter
Glenn English said: > It's time to compile the kernel. The system boots from the hard > disk, and root can log in, with a kernel compiled using the > default config, but DMA isn't enabled for the disks. The 'Enable > IDE DMA if available' config switch is on. Why isn't DMA? Have your tried "hdparm

[gentoo-user] newbie install bewilderments

2003-11-25 Thread Glenn English
If this isn't the appropriate place to ask these questions, what is? I'm trying to install Gentoo on my new computer - P4, Intel D865GBF motherboard, IDE disks. It's time to compile the kernel. The system boots from the hard disk, and root can log in, with a kernel compiled using the default conf

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install

2003-08-19 Thread Yannick Le Saint
> My question is, is there a "safe" way to install OVER my mandrake (ie > leaving partitions as is), does anyone know of any FAQs/HOWTOs to > accomplish this. You can install gentoo keeping your existing partition and data, but anyway, my best advice would be to SAVE YOUR FILES in some place fi

Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie install

2003-08-18 Thread Jason Stubbs
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 13:47, Thomas Page wrote: > I recently downloaded iso's for Gentoo 1.4, and am looking for advice on > the best way to install it. I currently have a mandrake 8.2 box, with a ton > of stuff I've downloaded, medical and electronics info, and I'd rather not > have to back it

[gentoo-user] Newbie install

2003-08-18 Thread Thomas Page
Hi everyone I recently downloaded iso's for Gentoo 1.4, and am looking for advice on the best way to install it. I currently have a mandrake 8.2 box, with a ton of stuff I've downloaded, medical and electronics info, and I'd rather not have to back it up onto CD, since I don't have a CDR (yes I