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Zyos
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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:54 am Post subject: Installing the kernal |
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Whenever I try to install the kernal I use this command...
| Code: | | emerge gentoo-dev-sources |
The handbook says that kernal is on the universal disc. But it trys to install the kernal from the internet. There is no way I can get internet on that computer. Can soemone please help me out? |
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slycordinator
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Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 4:13 am Post subject: |
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You must copy the sources it needs from the livecd's distfiles directory into /usr/portage/distfiles
Then when you emerge everything will be fine. |
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 8:05 am Post subject: |
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And the spelling is KERNEL not kernal
Sorry about being picky, but I'd start screaming if I saw that mistake ever again.  |
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jedsen
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| Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Try copying the kernel sources off the CD:
cp /mnt/cdrom/usr/portage/distfiles/gentoo-dev-sources-* /usr/portage/distfiles/
then emerge it. |
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molly_morrison
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Joined: 24 Dec 2004
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Location: NJ or CA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 3:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm having essentially the same problem. However, it is complicated by the fact that, as far as I can tell, after I chrooted my cd-rom is no longer mounted. I tried following the instructions in the installation instructions, which were:
| Quote: | Code Listing 8: Mounting the CD-ROM
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
ls: /mnt/cdrom/stages: No such file or directory
# mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages
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When I tried this, however, it said:
| Quote: | | mount: special device /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 does not exist |
How can I remount the cdrom so that I can copy the kernel sources off the CD so that I can emerge the kernel without internet?
Thanks so much for any help! |
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Zuti
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Posts: 123
Location: The Netherlands
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| Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 5:21 am Post subject: |
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You should copy distfiles BEFORE chrooting.
Make distfiles folder if you didnt already:
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# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
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Copy distfiles from gentoo live CD:
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# cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/
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Then chroot
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# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
# source /etc/profile
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Emerge kernel. 2.4 kernel == gentoo-sources ; 2.6 kernel == gentoo-dev-sources ;
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# emerge gentoo-sources
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig
# make dep && make bzImage modules modules_install
(read the gentoo handbook for more on kernel compiling)
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Good luck |
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