installation of LiveCD ok, but no dhcpcd[solved]

warenix · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

I used the gentoo 2006.1 live cd (x86) to install in my machine, the gtk+ GUI installer worked fine, but I forgot to emerge dhcpcd during the installation phrase.

Now, when I boot up the mahcine, login the root account, I can't emerge dhcpcd, since the network is not setup.

How could I install that dhcpcd without re-installation?

luqas · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

Boot off the livecd and chroot into your already installed system. Then do an emerge dhcpd.

warenix · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

Thank you for your reply.

But I don't know how to chroot....
Could you please tell me more or hyper-links are welcome!
Thanks!

luqas · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject:

Doesn't the livecd boot into a gui? If so, start up a terminal session in the gui. I am assuming /dev/hda1 is /boot, /dev/hda2 is swap, and /dev/hda3 is root. Adjust these according to your partition scheme.

Type the following commands in terminal.

mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev

chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile

You have now chroot into your install. You should now be able to do an emerge dhcpd.

warenix · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 15

Thank you for all nice guys! :wink: