Problems with Gentoo stage 1 install

Chris Boyd christopher.boyd at gmail.com
Mon Jan 30 04:04:33 CST 2006


Hi Rick,

Gentoo user here.  What kind of NIC do you have?

Run /sbin/ifconfig and see if you have eth0 up and running.



Rick wrote:
> First time using Gentoo. I am trying to get Internet connectivity to 
> download source code and install Gentoo
>
>
> Gentoo 2005.1 minimal install
>  > Hardware:
>  > Athlon 1900XP
>  > 512 megabyte of ram
>  >
>  > SBC DSL
>  > Linksys WRT54G router
>  >
>  > The Linksys is setup with static IP for port forwarding to support an 
> application on a
>  > Windows XP box.
>
>  > I can boot to a Knoppix CD and access the Internet just fine but 
> cannot access using the Gentoo install CD.
>  >
>  > I use adsl-setup and enter all required information but when I 
> attempt adsl-start it times out. I have the correct DNS information from 
> SBC.
>
>
>
> Thanks for any help
> Rick
>
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