Hi all!

Relatively new to Linux. I installed Mandrake about 6 months ago, but it
self destructed after about 3 months. My buddy recommended Gentoo. So I
read the installation guide (twice) for a stage 1 install. Only passed out
twice. Decided to give it a try. I started last night at about 8:30 p.m.
Edited the conf for KDE. By 9:30, I was running the bootstrap.sh script.
By 11:00, it was still running so I went to sleep. (Don't laugh, I work,
have a family...)

When I woke up this morning there was an error. Imagine my surprise. It
was an IO error 5. The prompt was still at "portage #". I tried an
ADSL-status for this prompt, but that failed. Any ideas would be gladly
received.

cheers,
Matt.

I used the journalized EXT3 for dev/hdb1, swap for dev/hdb2, and reiserfs
for hdb3. I don't know if any more info is required. Yes, it is the second
hard disk on my system. (Wife won't let me take out Windows just yet....)

cheers,
Matt.

"Matt." <matt_benvenuti_remove@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Owwjb.8443$cT6.412598@news20.bellglobal.com.. .
> Hi all!
>
> Relatively new to Linux. I installed Mandrake about 6 months ago, but it
> self destructed after about 3 months. My buddy recommended Gentoo. So I
> read the installation guide (twice) for a stage 1 install. Only passed
out
> twice. Decided to give it a try. I started last night at about 8:30 p.m.
> Edited the conf for KDE. By 9:30, I was running the bootstrap.sh script.
> By 11:00, it was still running so I went to sleep. (Don't laugh, I work,
> have a family...)
>
> When I woke up this morning there was an error. Imagine my surprise. It
> was an IO error 5. The prompt was still at "portage #". I tried an
> ADSL-status for this prompt, but that failed. Any ideas would be gladly
> received.
>
> cheers,
> Matt.
>
>

On 2003-10-16, Matt. <matt_benvenuti_remove@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Relatively new to Linux. I installed Mandrake about 6 months ago, but it
> self destructed after about 3 months. My buddy recommended Gentoo. So I
> read the installation guide (twice) for a stage 1 install. Only passed out
> twice. Decided to give it a try. I started last night at about 8:30 p.m.
> Edited the conf for KDE. By 9:30, I was running the bootstrap.sh script.
> By 11:00, it was still running so I went to sleep. (Don't laugh, I work,
> have a family...)
>
> When I woke up this morning there was an error. Imagine my surprise. It
> was an IO error 5. The prompt was still at "portage #". I tried an
> ADSL-status for this prompt, but that failed. Any ideas would be gladly
> received.
>
> cheers,
> Matt.
>
>

Can you paste the last 10-15 lines of output including error output?

--
Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net #gentoo, irc.oftc.net #cola
Opinions expressed are my own, not those of Gentoo Linux or any
other entity I am associated with unless stated otherwise.

Hi Jon!

Not easily. But I will post them for you here tomorrow. I only have one
home computer. I'll need to write them onto paper {gasp} and then retype
them when I get to work.

I appreciate your time, help and patience.

cheers,
Matt.

"Jon Portnoy" <avenj@gentoo.org> wrote in message
news:slrnbothal.pjl.jdpNOSPAM@eris.oppresses.us...
> On 2003-10-16, Matt. <matt_benvenuti_remove@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Relatively new to Linux. I installed Mandrake about 6 months ago, but
it
> > self destructed after about 3 months. My buddy recommended Gentoo. So
I
> > read the installation guide (twice) for a stage 1 install. Only passed
out
> > twice. Decided to give it a try. I started last night at about 8:30
p.m.
> > Edited the conf for KDE. By 9:30, I was running the bootstrap.sh
script.
> > By 11:00, it was still running so I went to sleep. (Don't laugh, I
work,
> > have a family...)
> >
> > When I woke up this morning there was an error. Imagine my surprise.
It
> > was an IO error 5. The prompt was still at "portage #". I tried an
> > ADSL-status for this prompt, but that failed. Any ideas would be gladly
> > received.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Matt.
> >
> >
>
> Can you paste the last 10-15 lines of output including error output?
>
> --
> Jon Portnoy
> avenj/irc.freenode.net #gentoo, irc.oftc.net #cola
> Opinions expressed are my own, not those of Gentoo Linux or any
> other entity I am associated with unless stated otherwise.

Hi Again Jon!

I ran the stage 1 again last night, and it made it through the bootstrap in
about 3 hours (6:30 - 9:30 p.m. EST). I'm running a P4 1.6Ghz with 512 MB
of RDRAM on a Gigabyte motherboard. The drive is a 60MB Maxtor (probably
7200 rpm), and a DSL connection. Does that time seem about right to you?

See my new post for the "emerge system" errors I woke up to this morning.

cheers,
Matt.

"Jon Portnoy" <avenj@gentoo.org> wrote in message
news:slrnbothal.pjl.jdpNOSPAM@eris.oppresses.us...
> On 2003-10-16, Matt. <matt_benvenuti_remove@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Relatively new to Linux. I installed Mandrake about 6 months ago, but
it
> > self destructed after about 3 months. My buddy recommended Gentoo. So
I
> > read the installation guide (twice) for a stage 1 install. Only passed
out
> > twice. Decided to give it a try. I started last night at about 8:30
p.m.
> > Edited the conf for KDE. By 9:30, I was running the bootstrap.sh
script.
> > By 11:00, it was still running so I went to sleep. (Don't laugh, I
work,
> > have a family...)
> >
> > When I woke up this morning there was an error. Imagine my surprise.
It
> > was an IO error 5. The prompt was still at "portage #". I tried an
> > ADSL-status for this prompt, but that failed. Any ideas would be gladly
> > received.
> >
> > cheers,
> > Matt.
> >
> >
>
> Can you paste the last 10-15 lines of output including error output?
>
> --
> Jon Portnoy
> avenj/irc.freenode.net #gentoo, irc.oftc.net #cola
> Opinions expressed are my own, not those of Gentoo Linux or any
> other entity I am associated with unless stated otherwise.

On 2003-10-17, Matt. <matt_benvenuti_remove@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Again Jon!
>
> I ran the stage 1 again last night, and it made it through the bootstrap in
> about 3 hours (6:30 - 9:30 p.m. EST). I'm running a P4 1.6Ghz with 512 MB
> of RDRAM on a Gigabyte motherboard. The drive is a 60MB Maxtor (probably
> 7200 rpm), and a DSL connection. Does that time seem about right to you?

Yep.

--
Jon Portnoy
avenj/irc.freenode.net #gentoo, irc.oftc.net #cola
Opinions expressed are my own, not those of Gentoo Linux or any
other entity I am associated with unless stated otherwise.