Not to get on you're case or anything, and I understand that one can have problems time to time with installation, but Have never installed a Linux distro (sutch as Gentoo) where one has to do a lot of manual configuration sutch as setting up a partition scheme or installing a bootloader up intil recently. What a mouthfull ;) I followed the manual, steb by step and everything installed fine. Here I am using Gentoo at its fullest, emerging the latest software. On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 09:00:45AM -0600, Samuel MacDonald wrote: > Have I tried Gentoo for the last time? > > I've followed the instructions to the letter I had some problems installing at first too, then I discovered that I was following the wrong instructions. If you got the LiveCD, it has the out-date installation instructions (known as the ``Gentoo Linux 1.4 Installation Instructions'' that you can find at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml. The latest and most updated installation instructions are located in the Gentoo Handbook. Take a poke at them at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1 > I've used the "printed" instructions as a check list to install > I've used both Grub and Lilo as the boot loader > Lilo is the present boot loader Use GRUB. Unless you have a non-x86 archetecture then GRUB is the only bootloader that you _should_ use. You can use LILO, but even the documentation advices to stick to GRUB. > > I get the same results with either boot loader > Reboot, Reboot, Reboot > > I've booted with the CD to look at the files to see if I fat fingered > nope... > I've looked at lilo.conf and fstab As I said, GRUB ;) > I've changed settings of the both and put them back > nothing wrong... according to the instructions > > I just can't figure out what I've done that prevents this from working. > I want this to work but it's now become a joke that it doesn't work > I've installed from scratch 5 times and I get the same results every time. > > I know your all thinking "what's he doing wrong, the dope!" I've followed > the instructions from the Gentoo website to the letter. > > The only thing I can think of that may be causing this, is that I used > dban to > wipe this disk before I started. > > Sam. Good luck man, just take things slow and dont get frustrated over a silly computer. > > IMHO > I believe that any average user would have put M$ on this machine ... or read and did exactly what was told on the documentation :) > by this time. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- andrei bazhgin | aftermath | programmer | nan2d.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list