installin the kernel

sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

im having trouble installing my kernel.

i type out :

emerge -K vanilla-sources

and then I get this long list of errors and finally it says that i could not get connected to the internet. I am not connected to the net. However I have the gentoo live cd in the cd drive but it isnt reading from the cd. What have I done wrong? Also since I have 2 cd's I'm trying to take the first one out of the drive so I can try the second one....but the drive wont open up!!! Someone please help

GentooBox · Veteran Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 1168 Location: Denmark

I can see that you are new to linux. - welcome

You have to do like it says in the installation docs. - you have to copy all the GRP data from the cd to your harddisk.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=72751
it tells you what to do.

to open your cdrom, you have to umount it.

sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

So does that mean that when I was supposed to copy the files from the cd to the harddisk I was supposed to copy from both cd's and not just the first one????

If thats the case where should I start over from in the installation docs. I'm currently in chp 7. "Configuring the Kernel".

Thanks for the help. Btw....I am new to linux

i've heard from a lot of people that its really good so I wanna give it a try!

GentooBox · Veteran Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 1168 Location: Denmark

GentooBox · Veteran Joined: 22 Jun 2003 Posts: 1168 Location: Denmark

if you can, then please post the errors.
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sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

i typed out :
cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfles /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles

and i got an error:
cd: cannot stat '/mnt/cdrom/distfiles': No such file or directory

and btw...the command prompt says:

cdimage / #

cyrillic · Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 8:19 pm Post subject:

sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

k so i went to the root and copied the files again
Then I went back to 'cdimage /#' as the command prompt and i typed out

emerge -k vanilla-sources

and i get the same error. It keeps sayin...
Resolving www.de.kernel.org...failed:host not found

and then at the bottom it says:

!!! couldnt download linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2. Aborting

Keep in mind that I am not connected to the net. I have everything on the cd's and I copied them over too.

ARggghh!!! this stuff can get quite frustrating.
Thank you all so much for this help.

nachiketa · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 74 Location: earth

you need to get your connection to the internet fixed if you want to do a bleeding edge install. Else if you are sure you copied all the portage/packages as mentioned in the docs from cd2 you could try -K instead of -k. Just a random thought coz I didnt actually try the vanilla-sources. Prolly the vanilla-sources is trying to get you 2.6.0 stable.
Once you are almost done, and your compile does not show you any errors, you are almost there. just make sure to do it without missing any steps from the docs. online docs preferred!

edit : I see you have tried -K already - first post.
to chage cd's midstream use gentoo cdcache at the initial screen. This might not work with the full live cd's. Works like a charm with the base cd.
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sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

i decided to start over! I am in chp 5 now:"installing the gentoo installation files"

I'm trying to execute code listing 5 which is just to list all the available stages:

cdimage /# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages

when i hit enter i get :
ls: /mnt/cdrom/stages: No such file or directory

if i get that error the installation docs says to mount the cdrom first:

so i type:

cdimage /# mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom

and i get the error:
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

whats goin on!!! I'm just following whats on the insatllation docs:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=5#doc_chap3

p.s.
cdimage /# is my command prompt

cyrillic · Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 1:31 am Post subject:

sharadMohan · n00b Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Posts: 12

k so i typed 'mount'

cdimage /# mount

and i get this:

/dev/ROOT on / type xfs (rw,noatime)

then i type :

cdimage /# ls -laR /mnt/cdrom

and i get this:

/mnt/cdrom:
total 8
2 root root 4096...
4 root root 4096...

Either way...im just trying to display all the stages from the cd. It worked before when i did it about 4 days ago. It gave me the list of all 3 stages. And thats what im trying to do now. I want to start again from section
5.c "alternative: using a stage from the liveCD"

Maybe my command prompt is not right. I dont know. Can someone please look at chp 5 section 5.c and tell me how to get started from that point

Thank you very much

nachiketa · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 74 Location: earth

gentoo cdcache?
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nachiketa · n00b Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 74 Location: earth

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0

you might want to create a mount point after you chroot if it does not exist too.

mkdir /cdrom

if you really need to access another cd after booting from the basic live cd :

use option cdcache - might not work with all live cd's - works with the basic one

if you do this you can unmount the cd immediately after the base cd boot up.
use umout /cdrom or /dev/cdrom or /dev/cdroms/cdrom0

eject the live cd. pop in your burned cdrom with newer distfiles or dependencies maybe?

mount cdrom

cd /cdrom
ls

if you copy huge amounts of data from cd's while booted from the base cd - and if your system feels slow - reboot. All the files you copied will still be there. unless you start with fdisk again.
if you see i8853 count too high - dont worry for now.
chroot and enjoy!

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