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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