jasper <jim101@starstream.net> randomly warbled in alt.os.linux.gentoo:

> I have been running Mandrake linux for a few years. I decided to try
> Gentoo 1.4. I d/l'ed the two cd iso's and burned them to cd's. I boot,
> enter "smp" at the boot prompt and hit enter.

You *do* have more than one processor, I assume?

> The next screen to come up asks for a runlevel to enter.

It shouldn't.

Not helpful, I know - have you checked the md5 sum of the ISO image?

> I have tried 1 thru 5. Each time, I
> get the message that nothing remains at this run level.

Seriously b0rked boot, then... Are you sure the image was not corrupted
somehow ?

> Now what do I do?

Check the md5 sum of the bootable cd, and download it again (with a good
download utility) when it's incorrect...

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Jeroen Geilman

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