Hi! I was not able to install gentoo from a live cd without the grp option, neither the stage2 or 3 and x86 or ~x86 was possible. The problem is that I the portage tree is not synced during the install and the needed packages are not available on the mirrors anymore. e.g. grub-0.97-patches-1.1.tar.bz2 package (~x86) etc. Resolution: Keep all files that a liveced possible needs on the mirrors, all other deprecated packages could be deleted, but not the one of the latest livecd! Thanks a lot, Fabian
Not a mirror issue.
Before you're emerging anything, you should be doing an emerge --sync to get the latest portage tree -- was this not possible?
No unfortunately not, which renders the installer almost usesless except for the grp option, which might not be so obvious to novices. Other then that and some random installer crashes it worked fine! Thanks, Fabian
Reassigning to the Installer team, but really this is something that is a bit harder for us to solve, since our mirrors don't have any way of tracking what's needed by the CD itself. Also, we can't keep the sources, since it is possible to install *anything* from the LiveCD, meaning we would have to keep the sources for everything forever. If you don't use the portage snapshot, does it not sync? I thought that it did.
It will sync if you don't use the portage snapshot, but this is an overall issue that needs to be addressed for releases. Distfiles on the mirrors need to be kept for the duration of a release until a new release is made.
It won't and shouldn't happen. There's no reason to use only the snapshot if you're not doing a networkless install. If you have internet access, use an up-to-date tree.
Okay that boils down to two issues: a) The installer does not sync with the internet on a non grp install b) The menu is not clear enough when to select the grp option ( at least not obvious enough for me ) thanks, Fabian
(In reply to comment #7) > Okay that boils down to two issues: > > a) The installer does not sync with the internet on a non grp install It does if you select "Normal" on the Portage Tree screen. > b) The menu is not clear enough when to select the grp option > ( at least not obvious enough for me ) The handbook tells you what you need to know about GRP.
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