Install hangs after Unpacking portage-2006.1.tar.bz2

[jjthomas]

The window says Chroot Environment Ready

The first bar is reading Unpacking portage-2006.1.tar.bz2
the 2nd bar is reading Syncing the Portage Tree.

I have tried to install from the livecd-amd64-installer-2006.1.iso cd three times. The third time I got an error that there was an error reading the CD, I think (I was using the text based installer). I reread the CD and ran diff against the CD image and the downloaded file. I also checked the downloaded file with gpg and it checked out okay. (actually I did that right after I downloaded the file)

I also tried to installed from the install-amd64-minimal-2006.1.iso and got the same result.

I had the processor load window open when things quit working, the processor seemed to be idle and there was no drive activity. I tried to open other windows and finally the system just quit responding... the mouse was still working though.

My system is an Asus A8N-SLI deluxe MB, AMD 64 Althon FX-57 with 4 Gigs of RAM. I am installing on an SATA-II 250GB hard disk. I used the recommended partitioning and partitioned as follows (neither worked) 100M /boot, 4096 swap, 50G root, 10G /var, 10G /tmp, 5G /home and the rest of the drive is mounted as /mnt/stuff. /boot is formated ext2 and the rest are ext3.

Is there something I am doing wrong? I am going to try to try to install it again with noacpi and see if that will work. It looks like the SATA driver was loading.

I was able to boot off my other distro and mount the gentoo root partition. I was able to also untar the portage-2006.1.tar.bz2 file without and errors. It looks like all the directories are there from the install. I looked into /usr/portage/ and it looks like the untar was successful as well. So it maybe that the failure is post Unpacking portage-2006.1.tar.bz2.

I am new to Gentoo so I am not sure what to look far as far as troubleshooting. I was able to look at my processes and didn't see anything that was consuming a lot of CPU resources, but the system was acting like it was.

Help?

Thanks.

-JJ
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[andycarr059]

Could you briefly go through the steps you preformed, start to finish of install. I have installed gentoo 2.6.17-r7 on 10 amd 64 computers.

I don't knnow if I will be any help....
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[Keruskerfuerst]

You can try to remove 2 of the 4 GB of RAM during the installation.

Then you may continue with the installation past the occured error.

[jjthomas]

Basically I am following the Gentoo Linux 2006.1 Handbook. I've tried both the InstallCD and the Installer LiveCD. I've also tried with noacpi.

What event takes place after unpacking portage-2006.1.tar.bz2? This seems to be where it dies. Can I install gentoo without installing the portage?

Were you installing on ATA or SATA drives?

Very reluctant to remove any RAM. Several other distros were able to complete the installation that I am trying with Gentoo. Also it is a major PIA to remove the RAM.

Thanks

-JJ
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[slycordinator]

No "event" happens after unpacking portage. It just goes to the command prompt.

I'm referring to when you follow the guide and not using the gui installer; I have no idea what the gui installer does/doesn't do (since I've never used it).

[jjthomas]

I've tried it with both the GUI and command prompt (in a terminal window). Same results. Here is a couple of lines from the installer logs (all are from doing the command prompt install in a terminal window):

[slycordinator]

Personally, I'd avoid the gui installer altogether. From what I've read, it's not ready for prime time.

NOTE: When I say "gui installer" that includes starting the gui installer from the command prompt. The info I was giving was assuming you were NOT using that installer.

[jjthomas]

I have been using the text based installer, from the gnome desktop. HOWEVER(!) I have gotten a successful minimal install by booting with the
command: gentoo-nofb noapic

I am going to do a full install this evening and will report the final results here.

-JJ
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[neraath]

Yea, I've definitely had the same issue with the installer. I first had a problem with the GUI not loading, but that's probably due to the fact that I have a non-standard monitor (Dell 2105FPW) and the sync's are probably not right.

But, from what I've been able to determine through the logs is that either the get_uri function is not really obtaining the file (though a different error should spew from that), or when trying to determine the extension of the actual file, it's not correctly determining the extension. Since the format_option is not previously initialized in the code, that's why the command-line installer program fails out.

I haven't been able to get anything but a stage3 install to work from the command line installer as a result of this. Stage 1 and Stage 2 both fail, and I would be willing to bet if you tried using the internet sources for a stage 3 install, it would fail as well.
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[jjthomas]

The GUI loads and seems to run fine, at least at the start. Yes, the internet sources failed as well.

I guess my next questions are, is gentoo really an option for me? ..and are there other people that are having the same problem that were able to come up with a solution? Here is my latest error:

[cyrillic]

[jjthomas]

I was able to boot gentoo-nofb noapic nox and ran it as a networkless installation. The installation was completed sucessfully.

For my next question: should I build on this install, i.e. start adding other packages.... rather emerging other packages... or would it be worth a shot to boot "gentoo-nofb noapic nox" and try a network based install?

-JJ
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