I have installed gentoo/x86 following the installation steps provided on the home page. I used the rc2 cd to boot up and repartition, but unpacked the latest stage1 tarball (stage1-x86-1.4_pre20030220.tar.bz2) instead of using the one on the CD. In first run I did not change make.conf at all, leaving everything at default setting. In second attempt I USEd "doc java apache2 -alsa" and "-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe". The result did not differ between the two attempts. I repartitioned between the attempts. Everything works fine during installation. After reboot, kernel awakes as expected, and the various init scrips run nicely. However, after "running local" has been printed, nothing more happens. No login prompt appearc, ctrl-c / d / z does nothing. Alt+F1-F12 works but other consoles are blank. The host system is Mandrake 9.0 with VMware 3.2.0 (build 2230). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot up with rc2 cd, but unpack latest stage1 tarball 2.Install system (in VMware linux/linux) using installation instructions 3.Reboot system Actual Results: All startup steps are printed, but nothing happens after "running local" is printed. Expected Results: I want to see a login prompt at this time. I tried to find where, more exactly, the script locked up. Having added "echo hello" on the last line in /sbin/rc, "hello" is indeed printed after "running local" (thus there is not anything in the "local" script with hangs stuff).
Created attachment 8771 [details] Output of "emerge info" This is the output of "emerge info" after second install attempt
Created attachment 8772 [details] Screenshot of where the boot sequence hangs Sorry.. "running local" should have been "starting local"
The problem does not persist with rc3. I do not think I did anything differently during the installation, but with rc3 I got a login prompt.
works with rc3, as per previous comment. Closing.
