[ale] Gentoo Linux install question

[Geoffrey]

Charles Marcus wrote:
>>From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
>>Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:01 AM
>>
>>I think it was rsync was failing because of my firewall.  As
>>previously
>>noted, wget worked.  Question is, you said in your previous message,
>>once you did the wget, emerge at will.  Can't locate any docs
>>on emerge,
>>I thought it was used to get the goods updated.  I've
>>unpacked the goods
>>in /usr as you noted, what do I do with emerge from that point?
> 
> 
> Lets see - without knowing exactly where you left off...
> 
> I think you just start from section 9 of the Standard Installation
> Instructions:
> 
> www.gentoo.org/doc/build.html#doc_chap9
> 
> If you haven't untarred the Stage you are starting with (I recommend Stage
> 1, but it takes the longest to finish - a day or so, for a full X/KDE etc
> install), then thats where you start.  If you've already done that, you can
> start with Section 10.

I did untar the goods in the /usr/portage directory.  I assume now that 
'emerge rsync' just gets the goods.  I was working from chapter 10,  I 
skipped 10 actually as I did the wget and unpacked the goods by hand.  I 
then attempted  the 'cd /usr/portage; scripts/bootstrap.sh'  and this 
failed to complete with a broken pipe.  My point was, did I need to 
install the goods I downloaded via 'emerge system' before I did the 
bootstrap.sh script?  I may have hosed up my system as I've attempted to 
run 'emerge system' a couple of times, but it continues to fail at the 
same point.

Suggestions as to which is the chicken and which is the egg would be 
appreciated.  (scripts/bootstrap.sh or emerge system) which comes first??

> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Charles
> 
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