Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0
install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is
there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I
get when I chroot into the new installation?

At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and noticed
the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, etc., are now
gone from the servers.

Thanks,
Mark
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