[Hackrf-dev] Any Pentoo install lessons learned?

Joshua Marpet joshua.marpet at guardedrisk.com
Wed Aug 20 22:18:10 EDT 2014


Its nice to be part of a community where you can communicate directly with
the people who matter.

While pentoo definitely needs some install polishing, the reliability and
optimizations it has are funking wonderful.

:)

Thanks for the update!
On Aug 20, 2014 9:04 PM, "Jay Bougie" <jaybougie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wanted to follow-up that working with Zero on the #pentoo freenode
> channel I was able to get through a successful install. It did require
> updates to the pentoo installer, and a late night (or two) of testing with
> Zero
>
> Steps for a successful install:
> boot live cd (amd64 hardened, RC3 in my case)
> emerge -1 pentoo-installer  (this updates the pentoo installer to latest
> in the SVN repo
> run pentoo-installer  (either from command line, or after startx)
>
> Anyone considering doing a install of pentoo from RC3 is HIGHLY suggested
> to take the prior step. (emerge -1 pentoo-installer)
>
> Thanks again Zero!
>
> Best,
> Jay
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Jay Bougie <jaybougie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> md5sum of the download looked good. (md5sum matched digest) Original
>> issue continues, off chat on freenode...
>>
>> When ISO burned, here is the  contents, fwtw:
>>
>> Directory of D:\
>> 08/07/2014  07:40 AM        19,214,336 gentoo.efimg
>> 08/07/2014  07:39 AM     2,220,343,296 image.squashfs (md5 of this file
>> is 8DE60E0F193F0912E2BBF8CD2BAD79E1 )
>> 02/24/2014  12:04 AM                87 syslinux.cfg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM                 0 livecd
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM             7,236 README.txt
>>                5 File(s)
>> Directory of D:\modules<DIR>        ..
>> 08/05/2014  01:45 AM         4,751,360 pentoo_overlay-20140805.lzm
>> 08/05/2014  01:43 AM        69,005,312 portage-20140805.lzm
>> 08/05/2014  01:48 AM       231,337,984 zdistfiles-20140805.lzm
>>                3 File(s)    305,094,656 bytes
>> Directory of D:\isolinux<DIR>      ..
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM               950 F2.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM             1,468 F3.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM             1,352 F4.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM             1,401 F5.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM               879 F6.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM             1,461 F7.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM         3,772,043 System-pentoo.map
>> 08/07/2014  07:40 AM             2,048 boot.cat
>> 04/30/2013  10:11 PM               198 boot.msg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM           209,537 elilo.efi
>> 02/15/2014  01:11 AM           348,888 hdt.c32
>> 04/30/2013  10:11 PM            24,576 isolinux.bin
>> 03/08/2014  04:17 PM             1,624 isolinux.cfg
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM                57 kernels.msg
>> 04/30/2013  10:11 PM           164,504 memtest86
>> 02/15/2014  01:11 AM           869,715 pci.ids
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM         5,007,280 pentoo
>> 08/07/2014  06:35 AM         9,969,388 pentoo.igz
>> 10/20/2012  09:37 PM           346,450 pentoosplash.png
>> 02/15/2014  01:11 AM               800 reboot.c32
>> 02/15/2014  01:11 AM           154,128 vesamenu.c32
>>               21 File(s)     20,878,747 bytes
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Jay Bougie <jaybougie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks,  will verify the download checksum. Was assuming good live CD
>>> run an indication  it was in good health.  Will report back on checksum.
>>>
>>> Am using  amd64 hardened.
>>> On Aug 17, 2014 2:21 PM, "Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina" <
>>> zerochaos at gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>
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>>>> On 08/17/2014 12:29 PM, Jay Bougie wrote:
>>>> > Mostly a Pentoo question follows, but figure some in HackRF-dev might
>>>> have
>>>> > some very current experience here.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/Getting-Started-with-HackRF-and-GNU-Radio
>>>> > points out latest  Pentoo .iso (2014.0-RC3). All seems well in the
>>>> livecd,
>>>> > and the pentoo-installer prog on the desktop seems to go OK. When
>>>> booting
>>>> > the post-installed OS seems to be in a near crippled state. Can
>>>> login, but
>>>> > ability to startX or connect network lacking.  (libXau.so.6 missing &
>>>> eth0
>>>> > interface not found)
>>>>
>>>> There are 4 current 2014.0_RC3 isos, which one are you using?  I've not
>>>> had this issue reported but if you aren't using the amd64-hardened then
>>>> there are much fewer testers as this one is the most popular.  If you
>>>> are using something terrible (like x86) then it's entirely possible you
>>>> are the only one with a computer to old to support 64 bit and no one
>>>> else has tested it.
>>>>
>>>> Also, the DIGESTS file is included for a reason, please verify your
>>>> md5sum to ensure your download wasn't corrupted.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Zero
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > Any pointers to getting this installed? (Undocumented steps? Should I
>>>> use
>>>> > RC2.1 & pentoo-update ? )
>>>> >
>>>> > See this has some additional steps with running pentoo-installer, but
>>>> > unclear if this applies to RC3
>>>> > https://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/PentooInstaller
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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