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 Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:21 am Post subject: Question on Gentoo Installation? |
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| I do not undertand what the instructions are telling me when i get to the nano part if the installation file. Where i can edit the make.conf file. I am just wondering what i should have set there? |
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:51 am Post subject: |
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Nano is a text editor. To edit the make.conf file you need to enter
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in the command prompt. You need to set your CPU architecture settings and compiler flags (CFLAGS for C programs ang CXXFLAGS for C++). If you do a Stage3 install, then CFLAGS are already set. Also, edit the USE variables (ex, add "dvd" if you have a dvd-rom, "scanner" if you have one, "cups" if you have a printer and so on). This can be done at any time, so for a stage 3 install it is safe to leave make.conf unchanged.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Once you get gentoo up and running youll want to get a better editor that nano though 
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d0nju4n: My thoughts exactly! Hell maybe someday there will be a nim. LOL Not that I like the nano/pico editor but.......
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zecora
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| so i shouldn't need to change(make.conf) anything if i am doin stage 3 installation? |
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zecora
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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can i take a look at you make.conf file for a example of what i need to do.
does fdisk format the drive when i am making my partitions? |
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| zecora wrote: | | does fdisk format the drive when i am making my partitions? |
No fdisk just creates partitions. Re read that section of the install guide it clearly says do. After the partitions you format, for an example if you want EXT3 file system on a partition then you issue
The above is a example only |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| ASIO_BOB wrote: | | zecora wrote: | | does fdisk format the drive when i am making my partitions? |
No fdisk just creates partitions. Re read that section of the install guide it clearly says do. After the partitions you format, for an example if you want EXT3 file system on a partition then you issue
The above is a example only |
So after i set up the partitions, the filesystem setup cleans everything that was on it? |
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When you create a partition using fdisk it is empty. To use it you have to create a filesystem on it (this is, format it). You can create a partition only on the unused space on your hdd. If there is no unused (unpartitioned) space you'll have to shrink or delete an exsisting partition (you may use Partition Magic or Partition Expert under windoze to do it).
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for your help, i think i figured out a solution. |
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