Failure when trying to make a networkless stage 1 install

Elfen · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

HI,
I just tried to install gentoo 2006.1 without a network connection but in stage 1 (I downloaded a portage snapshot before), I chose the standard install and then when I was asked (twice) for the portage URL, I put file:///tmp/portage-lastest.tar.bz2, I configured make.conf and chose some additionnal packages, then I launched the installatoin and I got:

GLI: October 14 2006 14:51:24 - Fetching and unpacking tarball: file:///tmp/portage-latest.tar.bz2
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:02 - file:///tmp/portage-latest.tar.bz2 was fetched and unpacked.
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:04 - ERROR! : Could not update the config files!
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - This is a bad thing. An exception occured outside of the normal install errors. The error was: '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf''
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 197, in run
self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']()
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 491, in configure_make_conf
self._edit_config(filename, {key: make_conf[key]})
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 207, in _edit_config
f = open(filename,'w')
GLI: October 14 2006 14:54:05 - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf'

If you need it, I kept the whole log and the installation profile.

Thanks in advance

cyrillic · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:41 pm Post subject:

I'm not sure how the GLI does a stage1 installation, but a traditional install requires downloading a lot more than just a portage snapshot.

You will need :

... and as far as I know, the installation CD only provides a portage snapshot. All of the other files need to be downloaded during installation (or beforehand if you know which files to get).

Elfen · n00b Joined: 24 Jun 2006 Posts: 3

Do you know where I can get a stage 1 tarball?

nixnut · Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 4:41 pm Post subject:

Look on any mirror in the stages directory of the release you're interested in.
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