bootstrap error during VMware 3.2 install

[AndiW]

Hi!

I'm trying to install a gentoo-1.4-rc2 stage 1 system within VMware 3.2 Workstation with Windows Xp as a host.

All works up until the point where bootstrap.sh installs baselayout and tries to mv all the device files:

[trolley]

I had the same problem several times, and I just finished installing in the same environment as you (XP and VMWare 3.2). I can't say whether or not I got that error during this install or not, since I was away most of the time, but I do know that at this point it is working.

You have 2 options the way I see it:

1. Do what I did...I started from scratch with a brand new virtual machine. The first thing I did was get rid of the SCSI virtual drive and made an IDE one. I don't know for sure that that was what fixed the installation, but it's working. This will also save you from the nightmare of getting SCSI to work, since IDE is so easy.

2. Start from stage 2 so you don't have the /dev/* errors.

I'll also point out something that you may run into, since I did and I found it a few times on the forums. When it comes time to compile your kernel, make sure you disable SMP under the processor options. Mine wouldn't boot with it enabled. Second, the pcnet32 NIC driver wouldn't work for me as a module, but works fine when compiled directly into the kernel.

Good luck PM me if you have any other problems, since most of this crap is still fresh in my mind.

[scocou]