Problems installing Gentoo 1.4 RC4... HELP!!!!! (Please!)

Stu L Tissimus

I'm having trouble installing it... I've downloaded it twice, burned it 4 times, tried it on 4 computers, tried stage 2 and stage 3, all with the same errors, saying "0 out of 10240 bytes were recorded" (or something along those lines). Anybody else getting these problems? Is there a way to fix it?

BTW, here are my steps that I did before it.. It's been a while, so I am not positive of the specifics.

swapon /dev/hdaBLA
mkdir /windows/WinXP_Pro
mount /dev/hda1 /windows/WinXP_Pro
mkdir /windows/Downloads
mount /dev/hda2 /windows/Downloads
mkdir /TRANSFER
mount /dev/hda4 /TRANSFER
mount /dev/hdb6 /
cd /mnt/gentoo
tar -xvjpf(Does it have to be in that order? It gets annoying, the xvjpf thing) /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/stage3_x86_1.4-RC4.tar.bz2

It then gives me a bit after that the error mesages of "Written 0 of 10240 bytes" (or something like that). Can somebody help me? I've used Slackware, but find that it has trouble with a lot of dependecies, and I've seen the way Portage works on my friend's computer. And liked it.[/i]

Hydralisk · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 19 Mar 2003 Posts: 83

It could just be that I didn't have any coffee this morning, but it doesn't actually look like your mounting anything on /mnt/gentoo!

I think you should change the line:
mount /dev/hdb6 /
to:
mount /dev/hdb6 /mnt/gentoo .

If this doesn't help, check your partitions and whether you actually made a filesystem on all your partitions; it looks like your getting a filesystem error.

Me · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Earth

[begin useless stuff you should read anyway]So that's what you were doing wrong (yes, it really is Jeffrey here, so I know what's going wrong.). Until the chroot step of the install, you are running of the CD. That will be erased after rebooting. So the directories you are creating for Windows won't be useful.

Anyway, you really should get your main system up before going to use your Windows partations. I'll help you with that later.[end]

First, have you read the install guide? The commands you're using sort of tell me you're not.
Second, try doing a ping www.gentoo.org before doing anything else, including mounting your swap. If that works it'll be easier to help you, because that means your net is already up.

And yes, xvjpf has to be in order. Xtreme View Joe Pie File!

Stu L Tissimus · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 1:46 am Post subject: Wow, am I stupid.

Well, first of all, yes, I've read the guide. I just skipped a bunch of stuff, I guess. I didn't know I had to mount something there. Anyway, will it fix my problems?

And..... Sorry, I'm a n00b (not exactly to Linux, but you know what I mean). Jeffrey...?

Me · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Earth

Yes, it should.

One thing though, how do you connect to the Internet? Gentoo really isn't a 56K distro, and it's hard to install using one.

And it's jeffrey from gamefaqs here.

Stu L Tissimus · Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 3:26 pm Post subject: Okay, thanks!

I'll try it out in a second. Just figured out who you were! Anyway, thanks a lot! :lol:

ANd I connect with a cable modem on a LAN, so I don't have to do any ping yahoo.com or anything.

eleKtron · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 09 Jun 2003 Posts: 130

lol yeah. gentoo would take the better part of a century to install on a 56k....

peterk0 · Apprentice Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 188 Location: Prague

You have to read the installation manual over again, it so comprehensive and stuff, if u have used linux earlier it will be a piece of cake, just read it all over. :wink:

Me · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2003 Posts: 71 Location: Earth

OK then, if net works out of the box, this'll work out of the box

! (maybe):