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Trying to install gentoo from stage 3 on a machine that has no
internet connection yet. All is well up until step 16.1:
----
Choose a kernel and then merge as follows:
Code listing 16.1: Emerging Kernel Sources
# emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
----

each variation of the 'emerge' command i have tried has returned the
following error:

--------
Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2003
(Could take a couple minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
.='update pass' *='binary update' @='/var/db move'
..Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 13, in ?
import portage
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 5032, in ?
do_upgrade(mykey)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 4966, in
do_upgrade
db["/"]["bintree"].move_ent(mysplit)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3814, in
move_ent
self.populate()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3900, in
populate
mytbz2=xpak.tbz2(self.pkgdir+"/All/"+mypkg)
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/xpak.py", line 209, in
__init__
self.scan()
File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/xpak.py", line 260, in scan
a.seek(-16,2)
IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
--------

I have tried the -k and -K switches, I have also pointed emerge to the
absolute path of the current 'gentoo-sources' directory, (i.e. "emerge
-K /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources"), no luck....

any ideas?

If it makes any difference, the target machine is running on 80MB of
ram with an AMD-K6 450. 4GB hard drive too (256MB swap). I'm thinking
Gentoo maybe doesn't like the K6-450, I couldn't get Mandrake 9.2rc1
installed either. Though it's running Slackware 9 now like a champ! My
Gentoo iso's were all `md5sum`ed before being burnt and used for
install...

This problem will probably maybe work itself out by the time I run
another network cable to this side of the house, but running that
cable I thought would have taken longer than getting a stage 3 GRP
install up and running. oh well.....


bsd@sdf.lonestar.org (Brian Douglas) wrote in message news:<de1e4d48.0309021930.da91682@posting.google.c om>...
> Trying to install gentoo from stage 3 on a machine that has no
> internet connection yet. All is well up until step 16.1:

Brian Douglas wrote:

> Trying to install gentoo from stage 3 on a machine that has no
> internet connection yet. All is well up until step 16.1:
> ----
> Choose a kernel and then merge as follows:
> Code listing 16.1: Emerging Kernel Sources
> # emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
> ----
>
> each variation of the 'emerge' command i have tried has returned the
> following error:
>
> --------
> Performing Global Updates: /usr/portage/profiles/updates/3Q-2003
> (Could take a couple minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
> .='update pass' *='binary update' @='/var/db move'
> .Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/emerge", line 13, in ?
> import portage
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 5032, in ?
> do_upgrade(mykey)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 4966, in
> do_upgrade
> db["/"]["bintree"].move_ent(mysplit)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3814, in
> move_ent
> self.populate()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/portage.py", line 3900, in
> populate
> mytbz2=xpak.tbz2(self.pkgdir+"/All/"+mypkg)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/xpak.py", line 209, in
> __init__
> self.scan()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/xpak.py", line 260, in scan
> a.seek(-16,2)
> IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
> --------
>
> I have tried the -k and -K switches, I have also pointed emerge to the
> absolute path of the current 'gentoo-sources' directory, (i.e. "emerge
> -K /usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources"), no luck....
>
> any ideas?
Does the CD actually have the kernel sources on it? If not why not download
them and burn them to a CDRW
--
Registered Linux User # 286635

Good point, but I think that's what steps 8.3 and 8.4 were taking care
of:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml
--------------------------------------------
GRP Users: There is a Portage snapshot on the Live CD. You will need
to use this snapshot so that you can skip the emerge sync step later
in this document, since emerge sync requires a network connection.
Untar this snapshot as follows:

Code listing 8.3: Using Portage snapshot
# tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-yyyymmdd.tar.bz2 -C
/mnt/gentoo/usr

This will extract a snapshot of the Portage tree to your fresh Gentoo
install. Now you won't need to connect to the Internet and use emerge
sync to download a Portage tree. Now, copy distfiles and packages from
the Live CD into place:

Code listing 8.4: Copying GRP files
# cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfiles /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages

All relevant files are now in place for using GRP. You should now have
everything copied over and unpacked that you'll need to install Gentoo
Linux -- even without a network connection.
--------------------------------------------

I did have a '/usr/portage/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources' directory after
steps 1-15, but next time I try the install I'll double check it's
contents.



Whyld-Chyld <test@example.com> wrote in message news:<TlN5b.22794$Ad4.9541835@news3.news.adelphia. net>...

> Does the CD actually have the kernel sources on it? If not why not download
> them and burn them to a CDRW