Martin S <shieldfire <at> gmail.com> writes:
> I am having problems installing Gentoo 2006.0. The computer has partitions and data I want to save. > Whenever I try to install (using the LiveCD) I get as far as entering > the root password but when the actual installation is about to start > the installation dies. Using the cli it simply quits, using the > graphical thing I get "failed to set root password". > Any suggestions (other than "use the minimal CD")?Regards,Martin S An early paragraph in this newsletters talks about liveCD 2006.1 http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20060814-newsletter.xml >From a previous post: Subject: Re: Incompatibility of gentoo 2006 Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user Date: 2006-08-15 15:15:09 GMT (6 days and 16 minutes ago) Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga <at> gmail.com> writes: > The GUI (as for "Gentoo Installer") is not perfect (yet). Boy, that's showing some restraint...... Of my (3) installs using LiveCD 2006.0, all three had to be completed manually, Lots of wasted time using LiveCD 2006.0. This was a result of scant-to-nil documentation explaining what path (i.e. sequence of choices) to follow. So you just have to float around the various 'sequences of choices'. Once I got a bootable kernel out of the liveCD 2006.0, I learned to finish the installation manually. (ugly, real ugly)... On a positive note, the liveCD 2006 does do a pretty good job of hardware discover, selection and driver loading. Currently, *in my opinion*, the manual installation process is the only one to use. I have some additional systems to to install, but, I'm waiting for 2006.1, which should be released any day now. [1] will let you track the progress of 2006.1 liveCD release schedule...... I'd be willing to beta test it, if it were released... ( I'd even promise not to bitch or ask any questions to anyone, if a BETA of livedCD 2006.1) were available, for us commoners. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2006.1/2006.1.xml ymmv, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
