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Cristian, |
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> any other suggestion of how to boot will be appreciated, when the CD doesn't |
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> boot itself. there's a Red Hat already installed on the machine, if it |
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> helps. and I think the floppy drive isn't working, so I can't use it (it |
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> shows input/output errors when I try to access some disks). so my options |
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> are: use yaboot to boot the CD, do a network install (never done it) or use |
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> the existing Linux. any idea? |
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Using the existing linux should definitely be an option --- you just use that |
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instead of the bood CD (I have done this once on AMD64 from ubuntu). |
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I.e., you login as root, make sure the network is working |
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and you have sufficient free partitions for your install |
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except that you must not use the partition of the existing linux, |
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and then you just go along the handbook from after partitioning: |
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unpack stages, chroot, continue install (and make sure you know |
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what you are doing at each step, in case you may have to adapt). |
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If possible, keep a terminal or console open in the original system |
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(outside the chroot) (and never confuse the two!), as sometimes |
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it might come in handy. |
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Find out what the bootloader installation is that boots RedHat --- |
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you can possibly hijack it and insert Gentoo either as another alternative |
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(preferable) or instead of RedHat. |
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Since you cannot boot from CD, the bootloader step is going to be the most |
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critical step of the whole install. |
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Good luck! |
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