From 3b551f75097c3e4fb951b32ea4d41f9862f23a08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: oddlama Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 21:43:11 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add Troubleshooting section --- README.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5797b01..ec1dbf9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Installing gentoo with this script is simple. I recommend using a live system where you can quickly install new software. Any [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/download/) live iso works fine. 2. Clone this repository -3. Edit `gentoo-bootstrap/scripts/config.sh`, and particularily pay attention to +3. Edit `scripts/config.sh`, and particularily pay attention to the device which will be partitioned. The script will ask before partitioning, but better be safe than sorry. -4. Execute `bash gentoo-bootstrap/install`. The script will tell you if your live +4. Execute `./install`. The script will tell you if your live system is missing any required software. ## Config @@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ You can enter any amount of additional packages to be installed on the target sy These will simply be passed to a final `emerge` call before the script is done. Autounmasking will be done automatically. +## Troubleshooting + +The script checks every command for success, so if anything fails during installation, +you will be given a proper message of what went wrong. Inside the chroot, +most commands will be executed in some kind of try loop, and allow you to +fix problems interactively with a shell, to retry, or to skip the command. + # Recommendations There are some things that you probably want to do after installing the base system,