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30-Sep-2004, 06:19 PM #1
Gentoo Portage Woes
So, I decided that I would try something new, Gentoo. I am not a new to linux, just Gentoo. Anyway, so there is a problem when I am installing Gentoo. I follow the Gentoo Handbook word for word. When I go to update portage (emerge sync), everything will go fine: it will list all the files and everything. Then, on the same file everytime, it will just stop. It will then try to connect to different servers without any luck. Finally, it stops and displays an error saying that I should try again. The file it cannot seem to get is timestamp.chk. While running emerge sync, when it comes to timpstamp.chk it says this: "Cannont write timestamp.chk. The device is already full". I have tried using emerge-webrsync, that doesn't work. Also, I tried loading an image from my livecd. Even when I load an image, it gives the same error, on a different file though. But, it keeps going, displaying the same error over for each file. To let you know about the system I'm trying to install is on:
3 Partitions: Boot=1000MB, Swap=512MB, Root=4500+MB.
Pentium 3 800MHz Coppermine.
128MB PC133 Ram.
I am sure that I setup the make.conf file correctly. I have the options -march=pentium3 -pipe -O3. Any help would be appreciated!
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01-Oct-2004, 03:38 PM #2
Well, I feel stupid. Long story short, I didn't mount the right partition for Gentoo to be setup on . Anyway, got it working.
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02-Oct-2004, 06:01 AM #3
Not stupid: thanks for posting the solution.
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