When you are installing Gentoo, you copy files to a packages directory.  
I would look in there to see if the kernel does exist.

Everytime I have installed Gentoo, I have always pulled the kernel off 
of the net so I don't know if the kernel file exists on the CD or not (I 
assume it does).

There is also a way to use Knoppix as a boot loader and then install 
Gentoo.  I haven't tried this either, but Knoppix might detect the 
network card for installation use.

vltreude@deru.com wrote:

>Hello out there:
>
>I'm trying to get a bunch of different distros configured on a test machine.  
>I'm stuck on gentoo.  I downloaded the two CD images for version 2003.09.11.  
>I'm trying to avoid any extra work by doing a "stage 3" install.  I've gotten 
>to the point where I need to select the kernel.  The trouble is, although the 
>instructions say I can install everything from the CD if I do stage 3, the 
>commands they tell me to enter try to accedss the internet.  I can't do that 
>because gentoo didn't recognize the machine's archaic NIC, and I can't find 
>the appropriate drivers (8390.o, ne.o) to load to run it.  I'm at the point 
>in the install where you chroot to "/mnt/gentoo" and get the kernel sources 
>and run "genkernel."  But do I really need to compile the kernel if I don't 
>want to?  I know gentoo is designed as a compile-it-yourself distro, but all 
>I really need is the plain-vanilla installation.  So since "emerge -k 
>gentoo-sources" doesn't work, what can I do instead to get the kernel sources 
>from the CD?
>
>Thanks,
>Vaughn
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