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What program were you using to download it? I usually use links or lynx to download stuff to avoid typing in a wrong address with wget. I usually download into /mnt/gentoo, but as long as you choose a writable directory, you should be fine. Make sure the internet connection is working by browsing to google with links or lynx.
OK, so you're in the /mnt/gentoo, directory, right? And you've mounted the appropriate partition on /mnt/gentoo. Do "ls" and see if the stage file shows up. If not, you should look for it elsewhere in the filesystem and copy it to /mnt/gentoo.
I'm pretty sure links has always asked me where to save to. Did you press "d" to start the download?
When you do the tar command, type "tar -xvjpf stage3" and then press TAB. The shell should auto-complete the filename. If it doesn't, the file isn't in the current directory.
before i was using there "quick refrence guide" to install but now i dled the full thing and im havin no trouble so far before i didnt delete my partitions and redo them i just used the existing ones i had and it screwed everything up so thx fer ur help
ya i was on /mnt/gentoo but when i typed "d" it said save to file but it wont let me put a directory in there.....do you where they are saved by default?
The full manual is rather more helpful than the quick reference guide . I think you have to enter the full path in the little dialog box it gives you. Just scroll the cursor all the way to the left and add a "/mnt/gentoo/". I think the default is to save it to the current directory (ie. the directory that you ran links from).
how do u set a run level? when i type reboot it says runlevel not set........and the manual says if i did a stage3 i didnt need to worry about run level just go straight to kernal setup
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before i didnt delete my partitions and redo them i just used the existing ones i had and it screwed everything up so thx fer ur help
