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cjones
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 Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject: Problem with FAQ instructions |
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After performing networkless install from LiveCD 2006.1, Gentoo fails to boot off RAID controller.
Following http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#bootrescue
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Then we chroot into our Gentoo environment and configure the kernel:
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update && source /etc/profile
# cd /usr/src/linux
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However I get the following:
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bash: cd: /usr/src/linux: No such file or directory
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ichbinsisyphos
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/usr/src/linux is a symlink to your current kernel (/usr/src/linux-2.6.19-r5 for example)
emerge the kernel with the "symlink" USE flag or create the link by hand, im not sure about the correct parameters, will give you all info you need |
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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/usr/src is empty
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blackmail
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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cjones, when you installed your machine from livecd, there isn't created a symlink in /usr/src. somebody explains the reason in the forum. if you want to update your kernel, do it those below.
| Quote: | | first open your computer with minimalcd |
| Quote: | | mount your harddisk |
| Code: | | chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
| Code: | | emerge gentoo-sources |
| Code: | | ln -s linux-2.20*** linux |
thus you can
ps: don't forget compile your new kernel with after all[/quote] |
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| jseymour wrote: | Did you mount all your partitions? Did you emerge a kernel? Don't get mad just asking the obvious.  |
1) Yes. 2) No, *I* did not emerge a kernel, because the LiveCD installer did, as I saw it compile the kernel. According to the instructions when I saw the "install complete" at the end of the command line installer I should have been able to remove the CD, reboot the computer and be on my way. BZZZZT... wrong!. 3) No problem.
So are you saying that the installer deleted the source?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| cjones wrote: | | No, *I* did not emerge a kernel, because the LiveCD installer did, as I saw it compile the kernel. |
I have not tried the installer, but I think that the networkless installation uses a precompiled kernel (i.e. no source code), so it is normal for /usr/src to be empty. |
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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emerge gentoo-sources
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I'm trying that right now, and the first half dozen mirrors it has tried either yielded a | Quote: | | ERROR 404: Not Found |
or | Quote: | | No such file 'genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2' |
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Then it stumbled accross ftp://lug.mtu.edu|141.219.155.230 -- and it connected about 6 times, each time timed out at some step and finally went on to some other mirrors.
Finally it ended up back at the CL with
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!!! Couldn't download genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2. Aborting.
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Result:
1/3 of the mirrors are not connectable (times out) and the remaining 2/3 do not have the file emerge is looking for.
This sucks!
This process is tough enough without the gentoo distribution system fighting you. Or dear responder, did you leave out a step?
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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I have not tried the installer, but I think that the networkless installation uses a precompiled kernel (i.e. no source code), so it is normal for /usr/src to be empty. |
That was my understanding too; but it was compiling *something* for 14 hours, and I remember seeing "kernel" a LOT.
So if I have no source, I'm still left without it, as my other post shows I am unable to retrieve it. Is this effort for naught?
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| connected internet? please check your connection with "ifconfig". i think, you can't connect internet, thus you can't download packages. |
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cjones
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| blackmail wrote: | | connected internet? please check your connection with "ifconfig". i think, you can't connect internet, thus you can't download packages. |
Let's please stop, take a deep breath and put on our thinking caps. "connected internet?" Hmmmm... Where does a 404 error come from? I wonder.
Also, how would I be posting to this forum from this same computer? Hmmm..
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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nobody has to help you in here. maybe i gave wrong idea but you aren't necessary to be mocking.
download this file "genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2" manually, then copy it into
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then, emerge again.
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ichbinsisyphos
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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did you leave out the mirrorselect steps?
before chrooting
gentoo mirrors:
| Code: | | mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf |
rsync server:
| Code: | | mirrorselect -i -r -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf |
in case you are suggesting that the gentoo servers are unreliable - thats not true. for me usually they respond fast, reliable and i max out my connection, download of hundreds of packages works without a single problem. |
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Another thing to consider is that 'genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2' may be so old that most mirrors no longer carry it.
You probably want to do "emerge --sync" to get things up to date, and then "emerge gentoo-sources" should be able to download a more recent version (one that is actually on the mirrors). |
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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| ichbinsisyphos wrote: | | did you leave out the mirrorselect steps? |
Thanks, I selected a site I've used before and has been consistently good.
HOWEVER, there still remains a little problem. The file emerge is looking for appears to be nowhere. That file again is /gentoo/distfiles/genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2
I selected the North American site for rsync; as I'm writing this it is on (try: 5) with the connection timed out each time.
Now that it got past that point it's continuing on with the rest of its list with the same results as the last run. So where would one get the file it is looking for?
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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That probably why emerge can't find it, it's requesting the file from the distfiles directory rather than the tarballs directory. So, what do I do with the file once I've downloaded to a tmp dir?
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I googled for it without thinking about where it should be
This is where it should be | Code: | | /usr/portage/distfiles/genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2 |
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cjones
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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| wynn wrote: | I googled for it without thinking about where it should be
This is where it should be | Code: | | /usr/portage/distfiles/genpatches-2.6.17-6.base.tar.bz2 |
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Thanks, I got that and copied into the /usr/portage/distfiles directory. I noticed that it existed but a much smaller size that the one I just got. Now emerge is trying to get genpatches-2.6.17-6.extras.tar.bz2 and not having any success. I'll try to get that file from the source you gave me.
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Well, I got penpatches-2.6.17-6.extras.tar.bz2 and put it in the /usr/portage/distfiles directory. However emerge is still trying to download it. Perhaps it thinks what I just got is out of date?
In looking at the mirrors, it appears 2.6.17-8 is the oldest available.
I can't help but think that now would be the time to somehow use a more recent set of tarballs that would be readily available.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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do an emerge --sync to see if that gets a kernel that's not ancient. 2.6.17 is ooooooooold now.
I'd go with a 2.6.18. 2.6.19 if you are adventurous and like bug tracking.
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cjones
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| sonicbhoc wrote: | do an emerge --sync to see if that gets a kernel that's not ancient. 2.6.17 is ooooooooold now.
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It may be ooooooooold but that is what the current LiveCD provides. It is noteable that gentoo.org is distributing an .iso for which (as far as I can tell) the source is no longer available from its mirrors.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Kernel & Hardware.
Kernel stuff, so moved here.
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