Gentoo

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 12:20 PM

anyone know where to get a disk to boot the gentoo cd? cuz the amd-64 iso i downloadled says its not bootable

PJ1382 · 10-10-2004, 01:11 PM

Did you write it as a bootable CD? I assume you downloaded an image, but under what OS did you write the CD? For instance, in Windows under most of the cd-write software you need to specify that it'll be a boot CD so it can finalise the session and do other bits & bobs to make it work.

HTH

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 01:27 PM

i just used burn cd image in k3b on SUSE linux. my stupid emachines doesnt come with burning software in windows xp

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 01:32 PM

i just tried the cd and it doesnt boot on its own

I'm looking for a bootable floppy so i can load Gentoo on my AMD-64 (yes i burned the iso the right way)

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 01:40 PM

Are your BIOS settings right so that it looks for the CD on boot?

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 01:43 PM

on all the other isos ive done all ive had to do is just pop it in the drive but on the gentoo site where idl/ed the iso it says its not bootable

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 01:53 PM

Is it an .iso file or really a .tar.gz (I think you edited that out but I remember from before isn't it) cause for all I know .tar.gz aren't for boot disks.

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 01:56 PM

yes its an iso (imagefile:/windows/C/Documents and Settings/RJ/Desktop/packages-amd64-2004.2.iso)

do you know where i can get a bootable version?

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 01:58 PM

Does your system checks for CDs on boot? You get this message searching for bootable CD?

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 01:59 PM

when i insert the cd the boot driver for SUSE linux just starts
but when i tried mandrake it loaded it (the mandrake setup) right up

which key is to start bios f8?

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 02:05 PM

When you boot there's this line press "keyx" to enter setup. You have to hit that one. Then there's IIRC in advanced settings a few things about boot order. You have to add CDRom to the list if it isn't yet and make sure it boots before your hard disk does. Be careful in BIOS btw!

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 02:19 PM

the cd runs first with other os's just not Gentoo

i dont know what "keyx" means lol sorry

if anyone could go through gentoo setup i ahve suse and xp on my computer right now and grub is installed but when the boot loader comes up there is no cd-rom option............i dont know where to go from here

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 02:24 PM

I meant there comes a message which lists a key which might be different from mine so I called it keyX. For example I get the message press DEL for setup. so for me the key is DEL you should get a similar message.

For the gentoo installation you should read the gentoo documentation. From what I've seen and heard it's the best documentation of any distro and it was really clear and gave alot of info.

darkleaf · 10-10-2004, 02:27 PM

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Originally posted by rj686
if anyone could go through gentoo setup i ahve suse and xp on my computer right now and grub is installed but when the boot loader comes up there is no cd-rom option............i dont know where to go from here

There doens't have to be a cdrom option and it won't be there like you noticed. You have to make sure your computer checks for boot cds in the startup process (before starting grub from the hard disk)

rj686 · 10-10-2004, 03:37 PM

its not a boot disk it says so on teh gentoo website

i need a floppy disk that will load the cd...................does anyone know if i can do it in SuSE control center