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> 3. Installing gentoo -- I had to use an old liveCD (like gentoo 1.4 or
> something). If 2004.3 (or whatever's the latest) doesn't boot for you, try
> it. There's also a "jumpstart" disc out there somewhere. It's geared toward
> installing RedHat/SuSe... but if you run into trouble it will be handy in
> diagnosing your problem. If you get *any* gentoo disc booted, still go ahead
> and use a current stage/portage tarball. However, you'll have to work around
> a few missing commands that are in the current Handbook. (E.g. mirrorselect
> will be gone, you'll have to select mirrors by hand.)
>
I'm a bit curious about this.. :) I know 2004.3 was foobared but any
boot problems should have been fixed with the 2004.3-r1 livecd that was
available shortly after the original 2004.3 release.
If there's any other problems I'd appreciate you filing a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org so I can fix it in future livecds.
> 6. 2.4 kernels are still recommended.
We're moving to 2.6 kernels which works beautifully on most systems - a
few systems still seems to have problems with 2.6 kernels. The 2005.0
livecd will have both 2.6 and 2.4 kernels for this reason.
Regards,
Bryan Østergaard
Gentoo/Alpha release coordinator
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