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   jef to All   
   Re: reinstall from stage 3   
   26 Mar 08 21:58:00   
   
   From: cestpasjihef@intnet.mu   
      
   Le Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:56:50 +0100, pk a écrit :   
      
   > There may be, however, another path, but this requires that you have   
   > another working (and preferably up-to-date) gentoo system. If that is   
   > the case, you can issue the following command on that system:   
   >   
   > # quickpkg linux-headers gcc glibc portage   
   >   
   What if I try this on my system ? It can't be worse, anyway ;)   
      
   > While doing this, write down the version of gcc it packages. After this,   
   [cut]   
   > copy, you should have recreated the same directory structure under   
   > /usr/portage/packages. Now, issue this command:   
   >   
   > # emerge -K linux-headers gcc glibc portage   
   >   
   > This will install the packages using the binary tarballs you previously   
   > built and transferred here. That shouldn't really need to compile   
   > anything, just unpack the .tgz.   
   [cut]   
   > If you get this far, then you can try emerging something and see whether   
   > that works.   
   >   
   > Sorry, can't be of more help.   
      
   You've done a lot, and I won't blame you for my mistakes . After the   
   first, I should have asked for help, but I think I got it worse, trying   
   to repair by myself .   
   If nothing works, I'll try to reinstall from stage3 .   
   thanks again :)   
   regards,   
   jf   
      
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