LiveCD GUI-Install Error

ace214 · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

I keep getting errors on the building kernel phase of the install process.

I'm using the x86 version, installing to a SATA drive.

Here are is my install profile, log, and output.

My questions are thus:
1) Can I fix this specifically?
2) Should I try the manual install- if so is there an easy way to keep all the flags that I've already gone through?
3) I think there is a way to install using all the stuff on the CD? If I do this am I using outdated builds of stuff? And then if so, could I just update them once I get the system running?

Thanks for any help.

Deanje · n00b Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 6

Try the networkless option while installing, that solved my emerge error.

nikaya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Germany

I recommend not using the GUI-Installer.One day he will be maybe usual.But not quite at the moment.
Make the manual install,its the only safe method at the moment:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

d2_racing · Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

Please don't use the GUI Installer, because if you do the manual way, you will understand what you are doing and it will be more useful for you in the future

Marlo · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2003 Posts: 1591

robodeath · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2006 Posts: 60 Location: Rome, GA

@ace214 If you've never used gentoo before, don't let your first experience of it be sabayon. Use the normal install method for gentoo, the gui installer is still a work in progress. As for the kernel portion of it, in the next release it will have a manual kernel config option.

shadeheim · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 56

How do I escape from the live cd GUI into the terminal to follow this install? When I logout of GNOME is just restarts.

nikaya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Germany

shadeheim · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 56

yes that works but my next problem is that it says the Live CD doesn't have a stage. Now I would configure the network connection to download the tarball but the whole point of me choosing live rather than minimal was that my computer is upstairs and my wireless usb dongle is very hard to configure. Is there a CD that has packages like ndiswrapper and is x86? I looked for another CD but they seem to be for different computer types.

nikaya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Germany

You can try it with Knoppix.You don't need a Gentoo install cd,only one who is supporting the hardware and allowing you to handle the commands.
Many people are installing via Knoppix because it has a better hardware detection.Besides is a GUI included so you can play a game aside. :lol:

_________________
Notes on Dhamma
How to waste your time: look for an explanation of consciousness, ask to know what feeling is. (Nanavira Thera)

shadeheim · n00b Joined: 03 Mar 2007 Posts: 56

Could I install it from within my other distro Arch Linux where I already have my wireless working? I tried Knoppix and although it at least seems to be detecting interface wlan0 it looks like there is going to be a lot of messing round setting the wireless settings to the extent that it might just be easier to go and move my PC down the stairs for the day. I did manage to install my windows driver with ndiswrapper but I don't know the commands to get the device up as I'm used to editing config files and rebooting.

nikaya · Veteran Joined: 13 May 2006 Posts: 1471 Location: Germany