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[m.oreilly]

ok, after reading the gentoo install (universal cd) notes, i get to the point where i am required to enter a "root#"... what is the command? i have tried everything i could find in their instructions, but to no avail...

[Sphere]

please point out the location of this command? because it cousd mean 2 things actually...

I think it means you need to swith to the superuser mode. This command is
# su
(leave the # out!)
and then you need to enter you root password

But if it actually is root#, it's not a command... everything behind the # is a command.

[m.oreilly]

Sphere, on Jul 7 2006, 01:31 AM, said:

please point out the location of this command? because it cousd mean 2 things actually...

I think it means you need to swith to the superuser mode. This command is
# su
(leave the # out!)
and then you need to enter you root password

But if it actually is root#, it's not a command... everything behind the # is a command.

it's before i can access the desktop. a flashing prompt. i don't have a password. this is the universal
cd.

[Sphere]

Hmmm... go for the minimal konsole CD! it's way easier to use!

[m.oreilly]

Sphere, on Jul 8 2006, 01:08 AM, said:

Hmmm... go for the minimal konsole CD! it's way easier to use!

that is what i tried this morning. after spending 3 hours trying to get to a desktop, i give up. there are NO instructions on how to get to the desktop in gentoo. i have no clue as to how anybody does. and the forums are about as helpful as a black eye...all i get is "livecd root#", and a prompt after the "#". i typed in pages of stuff to get it going

[Nvyseal]

this might help you http://www.pcc-servi...oo_desktop.html

[m.oreilly]

Nvyseal, on Jul 8 2006, 06:41 PM, said:

this might help you http://www.pcc-servi...oo_desktop.html

thanks. nvy, but i can't even get that far. i just want to get the live cd going. all other live linux cds have worked great...i'll give suse another try, now that i'm running an nvidia gpu

[m.oreilly]

suse x64 is running great installed on scsi raid0, uber grubbed :cowboy:

[Sphere]

Did you follow the instructions on the Gentoo HOWTO pages?

If you follow those, it's not a hard job. Okay, it does take a while to install, but it's not hard!

[m.oreilly]

i didn't want to install 'til i had had a chance to run the "demo" (in memory, off the "live cd"). i wouldn't think there would
be too much of a setup in this instance

[Nvyseal]

I would be interested in hearing your steps and seeing screenies

[m.oreilly]

Nvyseal, on Jul 9 2006, 10:41 AM, said:

I would be interested in hearing your steps and seeing screenies

of my faild attempts just booted from the .iso, let it do it's thing. it just wouldn't let me know what it really wanted, kept blinking at me, just like a few of my exes...kinda gets on your nerves after awhile

[Nvyseal]

m.oreilly, on Jul 9 2006, 10:50 AM, said:

of my faild attempts just booted from the .iso, let it do it's thing. it just wouldn't let me know what it really wanted, kept blinking at me, just like a few of my exes...kinda gets on your nerves after awhile

Well.. When your ready, ill grab the wife and kid, and get the sticks and marshmallows ready!!

[m.oreilly]

Nvyseal, on Jul 9 2006, 10:54 AM, said:

Well.. When your ready, ill grab the wife and kid, and get the sticks and marshmallows ready!!