Bug 92769 – installation maze

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description joe ching 2005-05-16 00:17:01 UTC]

i just got 2 gentoo cds in the mail. i put cd1 into my
notebook cd driver and it told me to configure my
network.  but the network didnt work. i filed an
error report and got my provider to help.  nothing
moved.  so i was guided to search the forum.  some
good suggestions, but when i reboot, i got my window-xp.
 
so, DO U REALLY NEED EVERYONE TO LOOK INTO THE HANDBOOK???
or else, where is the part that u guide me into partitioning
my disk for linux?  why just a blank screen of nothing?
supposed someone does not know anything about unix or
getting hold of an editor(is it sheer arrogance or
blindness that upto now, unix does not have a editor for
human beings?  windows-xp's notepad and my robotic editor
are examples of such.)  why gentoo has abandoned the
linux distribution's tradition of near-autonomous
installation(redhat, pinktie, mandrakes...)?

well, i was at first impressed with gentoo's attitude of
inclusiveness.  and was almost ready to contribute my
software automation package, ROBACUS(robotic abacus).
but now, i think i need to join your group for strategy
and future vision, which, too bad, is absent.

by the way, i my automated computing environment, our
motto is: the best documentation is no documentation.

[Comment 1 Paul Waring 2005-05-16 03:50:33 UTC]

Gentoo doesn't have a graphical installer (there are one or two projects out there to add this functionality, but it's not present by default).

Closing this as it isn't a bug, if you have difficulty installing Gentoo the best places to go for help are the forums (http://forums.gentoo.org/) or the gentoo-user mailing list.