gentoo from linuxformat cd problem

[PenguinMolester]

I have fallen at the first hurdle, I am trying to load Gentoo from the cd`s that came with the Linuxformat mag. I can boot from the cd and the instructions say to type passwd at the prompt that seems to be ok then press Alt-F2 again that seems ok it then says to type links/mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html to load the handbook this does not happen any ideas?

[Chris H]

Links is an internet text browser. You need to make sure there´s a space between it and the url, as below.

links /mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html

[PenguinMolester]

That could be it if i`m not back posting soon that will be the solution thanks.

[PenguinMolester]

That was it but as its getting late I will go for it tommorow thanks again.

[gentoo409]

Yeah you definitely need a space in there. I'd really recommend the online manual over the cdrom one though - lots of changes and updates to it since 2002.2 was released, making potential installation problems a lot easier. Check out the most up to date one here:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml

You could also try it in links, but I'm not sure what the formatting is going to look like. Might be a bit wonky to behold:

links http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml

[n3wo]

Use the cd manual for long enough to get ur ethernet working, then definitely use the online one. btw, my gentoo cd used the links2 command, so I don't know if that ;ll make any diffence. Also, the gentoo handbook looks pretty good in links. well, at least readable.