Ooops: emerge system

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TheClassic
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Ooops: emerge system

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I am a linux noob. Gentoox won't boot for me now. At first it stopped and said something about a boot device and that management had to be done (enter password for root (obviously impossible) or ctrl-d for normal boot. Then I put the gentoox/stardust cd in and it stalls at "Activating (possible) swap. What was my mistake: running "emerge system" or "etc-update" afterwards? Any advice?

I think I'll get some practice with linux by installing a distro on my pc.
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shedt
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Post by shedt »

i dunno what you did, but i would just start over from scratch.
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gasranas
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Post by gasranas »

most likely the etc-update. EXACTLY the same thing happened to me when I first insalled gentoox. Make sure you DO NOT update anything listed at:

http://gentoox.shallax.com/modules.php? ... ral+FAQ#44

Gas
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