Install problems :( , help wanted/vcs_

jamesq · n00b Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

I'm using the amd64 installation, but It's also an install problem, so I wasn't entirely sure where to put this, if it's in the wrong place would a mod please move it

Anyways.. I loaded the universal install CD for the x86-64 platform, and started installing, following the handbook (Which is a great, kudos to who made it.) Everything went flawlessly until I did

cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/* /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles/

So then it starts doing it's thing, until about five seconds in, I get this error.

omitting directory /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/cvs-src

Right.. so, I'm kinda confused, and try again, same error.
So I re-started from the beginning.. same error this time too.

I tried to just go on, ignoring that (yea, I know.) and came to an error after

ls -l /usr/src/linux

yea, well, it's not there.. great.

I checked the MD5 sums, which I the beginning, but they're fine..
I booted back into XP (no comments =|), and looked at the files on the CD.. there is nothing in /distfiles/cvs-src

So.. maybe I just missed something obvious, but if anyone could point me in the right direction I'd be most obliged

gentoo_dude · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 5:53 pm Post subject:

try the copy command with recursive option
cp -r /original_directory /destination_directory

jamesq · n00b Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks, I'll try that now

EDIT:

Ok, that seemed to get rid of that error, but I'm still getting that /usr/src/linux doesn't exist.

jamesq · n00b Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Anyone?

dusdus · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:21 am Post subject:

did you emerged the kernel sources?
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Sorry, I don't understand...

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

The "omitting" error is just cosmetics, that directory isn't needed anyway.

The missing /usr/src/linux is probably because you haven't installed a kernel source yet.