Bug 37867 – It is not quite easy to understand how I must use emerge to get kernel-source from LiveCD

• Product: [OLD] Docs-user
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Kentavriusis 2004-01-11 01:50:40 UTC]

I was trying to install "Gentoo 1.4 athlon XP(LiveCD)" . I was doing all instructions step by step as wrote in the "Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide".

When I came to the step "16. Installing the kernel and system logger" I got a problem: 
I typed "emerge -k xfs-sources" and gentoo begun connecting to some site with aim to download kernel-sources. 
Only on www.linuxshop.ru/forum some guy told, that I need to use "emerge /usr/portage/packages/All/xfs-sources-2.4.20-r6.tbz2" if I have LiveCD.
I think, it will be useful if you include some words about it into The Guide.
Especially for beginners, like me.
P.S.: sorry for my English.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from Live CD "Gentoo 1.4 athlon XP(LiveCD)"
2.do all instructions step by step as wrote in the "Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide"
3.type "emerge -k xfs-sources"
Actual Results:  
gentoo begin connecting to some site with aim to download kernel-sources. 

Expected Results:  
unpack kernel sources from CD to my HDD.

[Comment 1 Tobias Scherbaum (RETIRED) 2004-01-11 12:03:36 UTC]

If you've done everything as described in the installation guide there should be no problem ;)
Have you copied your GRP packages to /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages?
(cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages)

[Comment 2 Kentavriusis 2004-01-12 04:48:56 UTC]

I have done all steps. And these too:
 cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfiles /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles
 cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages

The only thing I do wrong - I reboot my PC after "13. Starting from Stage3" - I was need my email. But I don't think, that it can affect on some think. Am I right?
And the second time, I reboot my computer, on step "15. Modifying /etc/fstab for your machine" because after command 'nano -w "filename"' gentoo print only "Illigal instruction". The reboot didn't help me. But I push Alt+Ctrl+F2 and from LiveCD start nano and edit /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab.
(About nano I was going to write a new bug-report)

[Comment 3 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-01-12 05:12:35 UTC]

My take on this would be that you're using a stage/GRP set for a system architecture (or subarchitecture) that your CPU can't handle. For instance an "athlon-xp" set while you have "athlon-xp".

Illegal instructions are usually the symptoms of such an error.

[Comment 4 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-01-12 06:21:11 UTC]

yes, that's an error... "while you have an athlon" (without -xp) is what I meant...

[Comment 5 Kentavriusis 2004-01-12 13:40:41 UTC]

Oh, yor are right. I am ashamed. I am really sorry.
There is a Athlon without XP. 
I am real lamer! :)