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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] Install problem
From:       tom () edgeoftheinterweb ! org ! uk
Date:       2004-04-04 11:49:36
Message-ID: 20040404114936.GB7788 () unluckyfool
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On  0, Ron Keller <rakeller@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I have an older machine I would like to install Gentoo on. The hardware 
> in this machine consists of an 80G HD, and AMD K62/500 CPU and a CDROM 
> drive. 

Sounds fine.

> I downloaded a LiveCD iso (LiveCD-1.4_rc1-r2) and burned it onto a CD.  
> The CD boots and starts identifying the hardware.  Just after it 
> identifies the CDROM drive, the install procedure stalls on a line which 
> reads:

That install CD is very very old. It is only a release candidate for
1.4.

Recent CDs that may work live in the
releases/x86/2004.0/livecd/universal.

>   Partition Check:
>       /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0:

I'm not sure why this is happening, nor how to fix it.

> Now, I know that the hard drive works.  It's a new drive, and I had no 
> problem loading mandrake 7.1 on it.  I would just like to put gentoo on 
> it instead.

I think the best solution is either to install from an existing distro
(as documented in the handbook) or from a knoppix CD if you have one of
those knocking around (also documented in the handbook). It may also
work fine with the 2004.0 CD.

I'm sorry I can't offer an actual solution.

Regards,
Tom

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