not sure what i need to do next

ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

having tried downloaded versions before i thought id buy a version someone else had downloaded. i get to the portage and that goes well . then comes the nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
everything there looks ok but i cant close that window?
then im not sure what i need to do after that? ive got the installation guide but it goes over my head

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Sedrik · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 2:09 pm Post subject:

you exit nano by pressing ctrl + x (you will be prompted for save, answer with y or n)
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

thanx il try it
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

rite i got as far as
cd /usr/portage
scripts/bootstrap.sh -f
but now get the following error
no such file or directory
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sageman · Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject:

You need to do ./scripts/bootstrap.sh -f.

ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

thanx il try that
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

just tried ./scripts/bootstrap.sh -f
i still get
no file or directory

also will gentoo fit on a 10g hard drive
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Sedrik · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:30 am Post subject:

yeah 10 Gb is enough.

When you have chrooted do ./usr/portage/scripts/bootstrip.sh -f

Do you know about auto completion of names? press tab when you are writing your names of commandos/files/folders/scripts or any other file you have in your directory and your shell will complete it if it is unique.

For example if you have a folder containing the file ThisIsMyTextFile and want to edit it with nano do this

nano Thi<tab>

and that would autocomplete the filename. If several file with the same begining exist press tabb twice to list them and then continue typing to select the file you want (you can still continue hitting tab to auto complete)
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To · Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:51 am Post subject:

ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

im trying to start again from scratch installing gentoo
when i get to
"tar -xvjf /mnt/gentoo/portage-20060802.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr"
i get the folowing error
no such file or directory
but im following the installation guide i printed from the website?
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Sedrik · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:25 am Post subject:

is it the correct filename on your portage snapshot? read my previous post in this topic on how auto completion works, saves you from alot of these no file found error.

*edit

Also where did you download the file with links? the file will be saved to the directory from witch you start links.
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

yes its the same name and i got it from blue yonder. saved in cd /mnt/gentoo
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

i printed it off a while ago so not sure of the age. i know it came from gentoo website. it does explain the stage 3 install tho.
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ghinkgo · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 9

just printing new guide from gentoo.org
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Paapaa · l33t Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 955 Location: Finland