Gentoo installation

[daim2604]

Hi, Can anyone here teach/guide me to install Gentoo on my pc..
I've tried it 3 times, and it always failed, when i finished installing gentoo, Grub showed up and no Operating System was found..
And During the installation i couldn't do the rc-update..

Thanks in advance..

[oz]

Hi, Can anyone here teach/guide me to install Gentoo on my pc..

Hello and welcome to the forums!

I'd recommend having the Gentoo Handbook readily available when trying to install Gentoo:

Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gentoo Handbook

Either have it printed out and in front of you, or have it accessible on a computer, as it gives step-by-step instructions that are difficult to beat. Note that it sometimes takes users a number of attempts to reach a successful installation.

[MikeTbob]

I agree with Ozar, the Gentoo handbook is the best guide ever for installing Gentoo. I think installing Gentoo from another version (Chrooting) of Linux is the absolute best way to start the install. I usually fire up Parted Magic from USB drive and use it to build Gentoo one piece at a time. One of the advantages of installing this way is that you still have use of your machine while the install can run in the background. It's a bit slower but I think the trade off is worth it. Here is a link for the Alternate install guide.
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- The Gentoo Linux alternative installation method HOWTO

[daim2604]

Ozar,MikeTbob
Thanks alot both of you..
I'll try install it one more time..
And one more question, is gentoo supported on all motherboard/computer?
The reason i'm interested in gentoo is that , i wanna create a diskless boot OS.. like creating a server and then the client won't have to use any hard drive to run ..

[MikeTbob]

Ozar,MikeTbob
Thanks a lot both of you..
I'll try install it one more time..
And one more question, is gentoo supported on all motherboard/computer?.

As far as I know, yes. Gentoo supports a lot of motherboards. Maybe not all of them but s whole bunch!

As far as I know, yes. Gentoo supports a lot of motherboards. Maybe not all of them but s whole bunch!
The reason I'm interested in gentoo is that , i wanna create a diskless boot OS.. like creating a server and then the client won't have to use any hard drive to run ..

Very cool and good luck.

[daim2604]

As far as I know, yes. Gentoo supports a lot of motherboards. Maybe not all of them but s whole bunch!

Very cool and good luck.

Thanks again

[daim2604]

Hey,
First,sorry for the double post, i do not know how to edit my post..Sorry..
But, I've already tried re-installing gentoo, and did everything as instructed in the Handbook .
But i still failed, Grub appeared but can't boot..After finished installing gentoo.. Grub Showed up and its look like a command prompt..
I don't really know how to put it in words..But it look like this :

 "GNU GRUB version 0.97(638K lower / 506304k upper memory"
"Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device /filename."
grub>

I'm guessing that it has something to do with my kernel, but i don't know how to fix it..
Can anybody here teach me? I really need this OS

[MikeTbob]

Boot any LiveCD, open a terminal window and post the output of:

fdisk -l

mount the Gentoo /boot partition and post the output of:

cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

You might also post the output of:

blkid

[daim2604]

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fdisk -l

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cat /boot/grub/grub.conf

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can't find the grub folder, either i'm too stupid to find it or i might missed it during the installation...sorry...

blkid

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Any ideas?
Hm..Sorry for the trouble..thanks alot..

[MikeTbob]

Hmmm, If GRUB isn't on either partition, are you sure it's installed and not just left over from a previous install? Are you using GRUB legacy or GRUB 2?

Use the ls command to look around.
ls /mnt/gentoo