On Mar 3, 2004, at 2:28 PM, Vaughn Treude 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?

I don't think you can install the kernel from cd unless you have the 
GRP CDs. It sounds like you have the plain LiveCD set.

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