No mount point on the minimal isos exists under /mnt where an installer
can temporarily mount another drive to copy output of errors or created
scripts that help them get around gentoo's installer limitations.
Earlier tonight I had been fighting with links since links insisted on
downloading an ima
A few months ago I tried installing gentoo. It mostly succeedes, but I
was unable to boot the new system.
When I boot, it fails as follows:
>> Activating mdev
>> Determining root device
!! Block device /dev/mapper/lovesong-gentoo is not a valid block device
!! The root block device is unspecifie
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 02:01:14 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> No mount point on the minimal isos exists under /mnt where an installer
> can temporarily mount another drive to copy output of errors or created
> scripts that help them get around gentoo's installer limitations.
I haven't used the Gentoo
Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 02:01:14 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
>> No mount point on the minimal isos exists under /mnt where an installer
>> can temporarily mount another drive to copy output of errors or created
>> scripts that help them get around gentoo's installer limitations.
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 4:53 AM Dale wrote:
>
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>> I haven't used the Gentoo installer discs for years, but you should be
>> able to create your own mount points.
>
> Is it still supported? I thought it was abandoned again a good while back.
> That thing has come and gone
Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 4:53 AM Dale wrote:
>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't used the Gentoo installer discs for years, but you should be
>>> able to create your own mount points.
>> Is it still supported? I thought it was abandoned again a good while back.
>> That
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 8:30 AM Dale wrote:
>
> I was talking about the Gentoo installer. I'm thinking the OP is using
> the installer to install Gentoo.
Nowhere in his post does he say that. It explicitly refers to the minimal CD.
That said, the email you replied to (which wasn't from the post
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:37:43 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > I was talking about the Gentoo installer. I'm thinking the OP is
> > using the installer to install Gentoo.
>
> Nowhere in his post does he say that. It explicitly refers to the
> minimal CD.
>
> That said, the email you replied to (
On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:09:32
> From: Rich Freeman
> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installation problems
>
> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 4:53 AM Dale wrote:
> &
ed help nearby, that makes
> all manner of independent computer operations possible.
>
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:09:32
> > From: Rich Freeman
> > Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo
On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 8:44 AM Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:37:43 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
>
> > > I was talking about the Gentoo installer. I'm thinking the OP is
> > > using the installer to install Gentoo.
> >
> > Nowhere in his post does he say that. It explicitly refers
On 7/13/07, Hendrik Boom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
A few months ago I tried installing gentoo. It mostly succeedes, but I
was unable to boot the new system.
When I boot, it fails as follows:
>> Activating mdev
>> Determining root device
!! Block device /dev/mapper/lovesong-gentoo is not a val
On Friday 13 July 2007 20:19:33 Hendrik Boom wrote:
> A few months ago I tried installing gentoo. It mostly succeedes, but I
> was unable to boot the new system.
>
> When I boot, it fails as follows:
> >> Activating mdev
> >> Determining root device
>
> !! Block device /dev/mapper/lovesong-gentoo
I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I decided
to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
Using the handbook documentation for AMD64 I burned a basic installation CD,
booted it up, and followed the instructions for installation on the spare
drive. Eve
On Fri, 2008-11-28 at 11:36 +, R C Mitchell wrote:
[SNIP]
> I emerged gentoo-sources, and it ran fine for
> about five minutes, and then (choosing the moment when I decided all was well
> to go and make a pot of tea, the system rebooted itself. I booted up the
> disk again and went throug
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:29, Florian Philipp
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Iain Buchanan schrieb:
>>
>> R C Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>> I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I
>>> decided
>>> to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
>>
>> ah, who says Ubuntu
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM, R C Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I decided
> to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
>
> Using the handbook documentation for AMD64 I burned a basic installation CD,
> boo
R C Mitchell wrote:
I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I decided
to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
ah, who says Ubuntu isn't good for anything? Good to see you're trying
a real distribution :)
Typically now you'd prove me wrong and say
Iain Buchanan schrieb:
R C Mitchell wrote:
I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I
decided
to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
ah, who says Ubuntu isn't good for anything? Good to see you're trying
a real distribution :)
Typically now you'
On Friday 28 November 2008 11:56:52 Iain Buchanan wrote:
> ah, who says Ubuntu isn't good for anything? Good to see you're trying
> a real distribution :)
Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore...
> Typically now you'd prove me wrong and say how you've been using
> for years... anyhoo wel
On Friday 28 November 2008 12:55:06 Andrea Momesso wrote:
> An easy way to find out if this is a gentoo related problem is to
> avoid using the livecd.
> You can easily chroot into the gentoo drive from your ubuntu
> installation and try to emerge
> gentoo-sources from there.
Ok, I've done this.
On Friday 28 November 2008 12:29:23 Florian Philipp wrote:
> By the way: Can you post some parameters of your system (CPU, age, ...)
> and tell us, whether you use 64bit or 32bit versions of Ubuntu and Gentoo?
I had the box built for me a year ago.
Processor is ADM Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Proces
On 28 Nov 2008, at 11:56, Iain Buchanan wrote:
R C Mitchell wrote:
I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk
I decided
to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
...
I'm in complete denial over this blatant non-specific hardware
fault ...
IFIFY.
hm,
Stroller wrote:
On 28 Nov 2008, at 11:56, Iain Buchanan wrote:
R C Mitchell wrote:
I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard
disk I decided to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for
evaluation ... I'm in complete denial over this blatant
non-specific hardware fault ...
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 07:29, Florian Philipp
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Iain Buchanan schrieb:
>>
>> R C Mitchell wrote:
>>>
>>> I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard disk I
>>> decided
>>> to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for evaluation
>>
>> ah, who says Ubuntu
Andrey Vul schrieb:
On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 07:29, Florian Philipp
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Iain's diagnosis seems about right. I would start with a nice 2h memtest86+
test followed with a 1h cpuburn test.
I believe you mean 2d memtest86+ unless computer has DDR9-9 RAM
where 100 (full
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