I'm having trouble with installing grub. I'm tryin...

I'm having trouble with installing grub. I'm trying to make my system dual boot gentoo 1.4 and Windows XP my harddrive set up is:

hda: NTFS
hdb1: ext2
hdb2: linux swap
hdb3: reiser

after emerging grub and entering the grub shell I used the commands

root(hd1,0)
setup(hd1,0)

and exited. It crashes displaing only GRUB so it doesn't seem to be getting to my grub.conf however if asked I will provide that too. Do you guys have anythoughts? Thanks.

Linux newbie here, so apologies if the answer to t...

Linux newbie here, so apologies if the answer to this question seems obvious. Searching previous forum posts was met with no luck.

I recently installed Gentoo Linux (2.6.7 revision 11). I only have one hard drive, which is partitioned as follows:

ciao,
ho 3 giga liberi su una partizione d...

ciao,
ho 3 giga liberi su una partizione dove c'e' gia' una installazione linux funzionante, vorrei creare una dir gentoo e tramite chroot (seguendo il manuale) installare gentoo. Una volta che tutto funziona (driver soprattutto), vorrei togliere l'installazione ospite e copiare la dir gentoo in /, secondo voi e' fattibile?

Hi, I'm a noob gentoo user and I've read all the f...

Hi, I'm a noob gentoo user and I've read all the forums but I dont understand about e17 install!

tell about ~arch, -* , echo .... /etc/.../keywords... and others...

Just want to know the full steps starting from the beginning to install e17... because since the beginning I use KDE and tried e16 a long time ago and now that e17 is coming (0.9999 ?) I would install it.

thx a lot.
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?’ ???‚?????µ ?????µ?? ???????‚?µ???? ???· 4-?… ???°?·???µ?»????:
32???± boot/ext3
1?“?± Windows/FAT32
300???‘ SWAP
2.6?“?± Linux/ReiserFS

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PCI: Found ...
PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:02.0
neofb: mapped framebuffer at c6a0e000
divide error: 0000
???°?»?????µ - ???°???? ???????‚??????????
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So I'm in the kitchen when my dad yells, "Hey, Wil...

So I'm in the kitchen when my dad yells, "Hey, William! Check this out!" I come over to the TV and see the Windows 2000 boot screen where the channel guide's supposed to be. How on earth does the boot screen get shown instead of a channel guide?
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EAS: 12/26/2009

salve ragazzi,
ho chiesto a pi? persone il ...

salve ragazzi,
ho chiesto a pi? persone il mio problema ma non sanno come risolverlo. Ho deciso di pastarlo qui.
Dunque, ho fatto partire il comando xf86config ho configurato tutto e ho scritto il file:
dopodich? ho dato il comando startx ma non mi parte X dicendo qst errore:

Using autorithy file /root/.Xauthority
Writing authority file /root&.Xauthority
Using autorithy file /root/.Xauthority
Writing authority file /root&.Xauthority

xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): no server X in PATH

Use the -- option or make sure that /usr/X11r6/bin is in your path and that X is a program or a link to the right type of server for your display. Possible server names incude:

XFree86 XFree86 displays

giving up.
xinit: no such file or directory (errno2) unable to connect to X server
xinit: no such process errno (3 server) error

[b]

Ho pensato che il mio problema fosse nell' XFree86.
Quindi pasto anche qll, scusate le righe



# File generated by xf86config.

#
# Copyright (c) 1999 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
# SOFTWARE.
#
# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project shall
# not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other
# dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the
# XFree86 Project.
#

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify
# which dynamically loadable modules to load.
# **********************************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
Load "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
# Load "dri"
# This loads the DRI module
Load "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
# If you don't have a floating point coprocessor and emacs, Mosaic or other
# programs take long to start up, try moving the Type1 and Speedo directory
# to the end of this list (or comment them out).
#

FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTFwin/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/sharefont/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ukr/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

# Option "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12). This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

# Option "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

# Option "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.

# Option "Dont Zoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

# Option "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

# Option "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

# Option "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

# Option "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"

# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris),
# uncomment the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# Option "LeftAlt" "Meta"
# Option "RightAlt" "ModeShift"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# These are the default XKB settings for XFree86
# Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
# Option "XkbLayout" "us"
# Option "XkbVariant" ""
# Option "XkbOptions" ""

# Option "XkbDisable"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 mouse.

# Option "Resolution" "256"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Other input device sections
# this is optional and is required only if you
# are using extended input devices. This is for example only. Refer
# to the XF86Config man page for a description of the options.
# **********************************************************************
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Mouse2"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/mouse2"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball"
# Driver "magellan"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "spaceball2"
# Driver "spaceorb"
# Option "Device" "/dev/cua0"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen0"
# Driver "microtouch"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "1412"
# Option "MaxX" "15184"
# Option "MinY" "15372"
# Option "MaxY" "1230"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection
#
# Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "touchscreen1"
# Driver "elo2300"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "MinX" "231"
# Option "MaxX" "3868"
# Option "MinY" "3858"
# Option "MaxY" "272"
# Option "ScreenNumber" "0"
# Option "ReportingMode" "Scaled"
# Option "ButtonThreshold" "17"
# Option "ButtonNumber" "1"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
# EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "MONITOR"
Identifier "TFT"
HorizSync 30-70
# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies
VertRefresh 50-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

#Section "Monitor"
# Identifier "TV"
# VendorName "Kennex"
# ModelName "KX 20 TVD"
# HorizSync "30-50"
# VertRefresh "50"
#EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Standard VGA Device:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

# The chipset line is optional in most cases. It can be used to override
# the driver's chipset detection, and should not normally be specified.

# Chipset "generic"

# The Driver line must be present. When using run-time loadable driver
# modules, this line instructs the server to load the specified driver
# module. Even when not using loadable driver modules, this line
# indicates which driver should interpret the information in this section.

Driver "vga"
# The BusID line is used to specify which of possibly multiple devices
# this section is intended for. When this line isn't present, a device
# section can only match up with the primary video device. For PCI
# devices a line like the following could be used. This line should not
# normally be included unless there is more than one video device
# intalled.

# BusID "PCI:0:10:0"

# VideoRam 256

# Clocks 25.2 28.3

EndSection

# Device configured by xf86config:

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon 9000"
Driver ""
VideoRam 131072
# Option "NoLogo" "True"
# Option "TwinView" "On"
# Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
# Option "TVStandard" "PAL-B"
# Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
# Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
# Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50"
# Option "MetaModes" "1152x864,null;1024x768,null;800x600,800x600;640x480,640x480"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "ATI Radeon 9000"
Monitor "TFT"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present. Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised. A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option. In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

# Each Screen line specifies a Screen section name, and optionally
# the relative position of other screens. The four names after
# primary screen name are the screens to the top, bottom, left and right
# of the primary screen. In this example, screen 2 is located to the
# right of screen 1.

Screen "Screen 1"

# Each InputDevice line specifies an InputDevice section name and
# optionally some options to specify the way the device is to be
# used. Those options include "CorePointer", "CoreKeyboard" and
# "SendCoreEvents".

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

# Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
# EndSection




ECCO A VOI IO NON SO PIU CHE FARE SE QUALCUNO MI PU? AIUTARE MI FAREBBE UN GRANDISSIMO FAVORE
SALUTI JAMES
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Hi Leute,

FreeCraft der WarCraft Cl...

Hi Leute,

FreeCraft der WarCraft Clon schl?gt beim compiling fehl.
Ichhabe die Ausgabe und emerge --info gepostet.
Benutze den 2.6.10-r1 Kernel.

Hier die Ausgaben:

c/video/obj/sweepline.o src/video/obj/video.o src/video/obj/wince.o etlib/obj/hash.o etlib/obj/prgname.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -lpng -lz -lm -lm-L/usr/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib -lSDL -lpthread -ldl -lz -lbz2 -lz -lm -I. -O2 -pipe -fsigned-char -fomit-frame-pointer -fconserve-space -fexpensive-optimizations -ffast-math -I./src/include -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/local/include -I./src/movie/vp31/include -DUSE_CCL '-DVERSION="1.18"' -DUSE_SDL -DUSE_SDLA -I/usr/include/SDL -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_ZLIB -DUSE_BZ2LIB -DWITH_SOUND -DUSE_SDLCD -DUNIT_ON_MAP -DNEW_AI -DUSE_LIBMODPLUG -DUSE_HP_FOR_XP -DNEW_FOW -DBUILDING_DESTROYED -march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x16f): In function `CLopen':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzopen'
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x21f): In function `CLopen':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzopen'
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x323): In function `CLclose':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzclose'
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x371): In function `CLread':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzread'
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x43c): In function `CLseek':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzread'
src/clone/obj/iolib.o(.text+0x453): In function `CLseek':
: undefined reference to `BZ2_bzread'

emerge --info

System uname: 2.6.10 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine)
Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16
Python: dev-lang/python-2.3.5 [2.3.5 (#1, Apr 9 2005, 19:36:24)]
distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled]
dev-lang/python: 2.3.5
sys-apps/sandbox: [Not Present]
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.59-r6, 2.13
sys-devel/automake: 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.5, 1.4_p6, 1.6.3, 1.9.5
sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r8
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.16
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d"
CXXFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/root/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://download.biosdriver.net/?id=46624&comp=Aztech&model=SC16-95.ZIP%201998-03-09 http://download.biosdriver.net/?id=46624&comp=Aztech&model=SC16-95.ZIP%201998-03-09"
MAKEOPTS="-j2"
PKGDIR="/root/portage/bin"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="x86 X Xaw3d acl alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl emboss encode esd fam firebird flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gimpprint gpm gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde libg++ libwww lirc lm_sensors mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png ppds python qt quicktime readline real samba scanner sdl slang socks5 spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts v4l vorbis wmf wxwindows xine xinerama xml2 xmms xv zlib video_cards_rage128 userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc"
Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY



Gruss J?rg

I saw this post which posed the question of how to...

I saw this post which posed the question of how to get to console without doing a 'killall' etc. http://download.biosdriver.net/?id=47192&comp=HP&model=lj1320pcl5win2kxp2003-ar.exe%202004-04-20

As this question was off topic for the thread and no one really answered the question, I thought I'd post what I think is a better answer.

When Gentoo boots, it boots with 6 consoles. All these consoles come up to the login prompt automatically. If you've set X to start automatically with one of the window managers as your login, this graphical login occurs on console 1.

If you want to access a console, simply do a ctl-alt-Fkey. The Fkey should match the console you want. So if you want to access the next available console (console 2), press ctl-alt-F2. You will be presented with a CLI login prompt. Login and do whatever you wanted to get access to the console for.

To get back to your GUI on console 1, do NOT do ctl-alt-F1. This will bring you to a CLI login on console 1. Instead, do a ctl-alt-F7. This will bring you back to your original GUI right where you left it.

The 'graphical' consoles (for want of a better term) are the CLI consoles + 6. That is to say, for console 1, the graphical display is done using F7. For console 2, the graphical display is done using F8 and so forth.

This lets you do nifty things like:

login to KDE
ctl-alt-F2
CLI login to bash
export XSESSION=fluxbox
startx -- :1

Now you have KDE running on F7 and fluxbox running on F8. To switch between them, simply do ctl-alt-F7 or ctl-alt-F8 as desired. Note that you have to increment the :# count for each additional WM you want to bring up. IE: startx -- :2 for the 3rd WM, startx -- :3 for the forth WM and so on.

CLI consoles start counting from 1
GUI consoles start counting from 7
X windows screens start counting from 0

I've had as many as 4 different WMs open at one time. It definitely helps to have a lot of memory. (usually, I do this to demo the differences between WMs for people interested in switching to Linux)

I must admit that Gnome applications are the least well behaved in this kind of setup. Evolution in particular has given me a number of headaches. But that's a different topic in a different thread.


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Hola de nuevo, ahora mi queridisimo profesor, nos ...

Hola de nuevo, ahora mi queridisimo profesor, nos manda a instalar gentoo, teniendo windows (en mi caso xp) instalado desde antes, mi duda es siguiente al hacer las particiones de gentoo, debo hacerlas como dev/sda1, dev/sda2 (para swap) y dev/sda3 como si estuviera el disco en limpio o debo poner dev/sda2 (arranque), dev/sda3 (swap), dev/sda4 (para raiz) tomando en cuenta que windows ser?a la 1ra partici?n, y esto se debe a que no me quiero "tronar" mi windows,

De antemano les agradezco mucho, por favor tenganme paciencia , estoy perdiendo la virginidad en esto de linux.

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