If you follow the gentoo handbook (docs\handbook\html\hb_part1_chap7.html) on the following live-cd "/pub/mirrors/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.0/livecd/universal/install-x86-universal-2004.0.iso" to install stage3 you will definitely fail, when you try to enter the command "emerge vanilla-sources" The installation procedure tries to download several files, although the docs say that you don
If you follow the gentoo handbook (docs\handbook\html\hb_part1_chap7.html) on the following live-cd "/pub/mirrors/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.0/livecd/universal/install-x86-universal-2004.0.iso" to install stage3 you will definitely fail, when you try to enter the command "emerge vanilla-sources" The installation procedure tries to download several files, although the docs say that you don´t need a connection to the net when running a stage 3 installation. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. download the above live cd 2. follow the installation using stage3 (pentium III) 3. use a pc-box not connected to the net 4. try to "emerge vanilla-sources" according section 7b Actual Results: When you take a look in /usr/src you DON´T see a symlink called linux pointing to your kernel source, because the "emerge vanilla-sources" process failed. There is not linux kernel source and no special directory pointing to it. It tried to download several linux kernel related files, which obviously fails, when you do it on a machine without a net connection. Expected Results: When you take a look in /usr/src you SHOULD see a symlink called linux pointing to your kernel source. Here the solution: "emerge /usr/portage/sys-kernel/vanilla-sources/vanilla-sources-2.4.24.ebuild" After this step i was able to continue the installation process. A big thank you to user "bonsaikitten" on #gentoo for helping me It seems to me that the above live-cd or the installation docs are false.
A workaround for this is in the errata section, as well as in the handbook (online version). http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2004.0/x86/x86-release-notes.xml http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 Code Listing 2: Installing a kernel source (If you are performing a networkless installation) # emerge =vanilla-sources-2.4.24
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 43726 ***
