(chroot) livecd etc # ln -s /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1 /etc/make.profile (chroot) livecd etc # emerge portage !!! 'str' object has no attribute 'insert' !!! 'rm -Rf /usr/portage/profiles; emerge sync' may fix this. If it does !!! not then please report this to bugs.gentoo.org and, if possible, a dev !!! on #gentoo (irc.freenode.org)