Re: Gentoo install not going

Brock Campbell wrote:

>is there an option in the bios to emulate IDE devices for USB storage
>devices?
>
No. At least not through the standard BIOS utility.

>You could also try to put the drive in the machine if the 750
>has an internal IDE connection.
>
There is an internal IDE connection, but I would hate to lose the
warranty on the new dual layer external DVD RW.

>BTW. Why Gentoo? I used to use Gentoo and liked it for the most part.
>But I do blame it for the early (Luckily, on Warranty) demise of 2
>laptop motherboards due the the heat generated by all night (and some of
>the next day) compile sessions.
>
>
I am getting tired of $2,000 USD per year license fees from Red Hat, and
I am trying to experiment with the different server style distros
available. I tried Mandriva, since I had some good luck with Mandrake,
but it requires major overhauling to make it server friendly (vs desktop
friendly). Gentoo was recommend by another WISP who has done a fair bit
of work with it.

BUZ

>On Sun, 2006-20-08 at 12:56 -0600, Howard R. Hamilton wrote:
>
>
>>Greetings!
>>
>>I am having problems with getting a Gentoo install to function. I am
>>using the Gentoo "livecd-X86-2006.0" iso, which I download from two
>>different sites, and both ISO's compare as identical.
>>
>>The machine is a Dell PowerEdge 750, single Xeon Pentium 4 at 2.8GHz,
>>256M RAM, 250G Sata HD, no floppy, USB DVD -RW.
>>
>>During the CD boot process, the install kernel loads, loads drivers for
>>sata, and then gives the following messages:
>>
>>Attempting to mount CD:- /dev/sda
>>No bootable medium found. Waiting for new devices...
>>Cound not find CD to boot. something else is needed!
>>
>>It then loads the keymap, and then gives the following messages:
>>
>>Determining root device...
>>The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
>>Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell.
>>boot() ::
>>
>>I have tried doscsi, dodevfs as kenal options, but other than a
>>different list of drivers, get basically the same results.
>>
>>How do I get the install kernel to load a USB driver for the external
>>DVD drive?
>>
>>BUZ
>>
>>
>>
Received on Mon Aug 21 00:17:38 2006