problem when installing stage2-x86-2004.3.tar.bz2

well, i figured that i wanted to give it a shot on installing stage2 ,I guess the first time was luck but wonder if you can tell me whats up with this,my steps that i do ,mkreiserfs /dev/hda2,mkswap /dev/hda1,swapon /dev/hda1,mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo,mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot,mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo/boot, i install the stages from cd;ls /mnt/cdrom/stages,cd /mnt/gentoo,tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage2-x86-2004.2.tar.bz2 when its almost done istalling a error comes up something to do with /boot/ dont know what to do to fix that

RootWorm what is the exact error? it is hard to geuss what the problem may be without the whole error as it was in your terminal! try to repeat it and post it ...all of it! 8)

tar:/boot/boot:Cannot create symlink to '.' File exists

you seem to have become a little confused with the partitioning and mounting. from what you say you did, this is what i can see:

you created two partitions hda1 and hda2 you want hda1 to be swap and hda2 to be / but when mounting the partitions you do mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo which is fine if thats where you stop but you then go on to mount /dev/hda2 _again_ this time as /mnt/gentoo/boot! obviously this wont work.. go back and either make 3 partitions or dont try to mount /boot seperatly from /

ok so it would be
mkreiserfs /dev/hda2
mkswap /dev/hda1
swapon /dev/hda1
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot what should i do from there

no that is still incorrect i sugest you read the installation handbook on http://www.gentoo.org and start again this time following the instructions.

No thanks i fixed tha problem

it always helps to re-read something

WOW!...................just :shock: