[SOLVED] Lost emerge after new install

[frank56]

I am on my third attempt at installing gentoo 2.6.36-r8. This time i ran into a new error. I cannot emerge any packages. I searched web with no luck. I am on another computer so I can not copy and paste. But here is the first line:

open('/etc/portage/make.conf' . 'r'): [Errno 20] Not a directory: 'etc/portage/make.conf

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bing/emerge, line 43, in <module>
retval = emerge_main ()

this is repeated for 6 other File entries. the last line is

10error: [Errno 201 Not a directory: '/etc/portage/make.conf

I am still in run level 3, I get the same results from normal user or root Frank

[frank56]

I am not dead sure, what the problem was, but, I strongly suspect an incorrect or incomplete linen in

cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/

I think his error disabled my previous good internet connection. I am not sure but for emerge to work, an internet connecition is needed. I did not see an edit button on my post, so thats why I am posting a reply to myself.