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On 18 Feb 2004, at 09:36, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> Well, personally I'm a bit disappointed as I won't be able to tell |
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> people |
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> that Gentoo can be installed in less than 20 minutes without network |
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> connection (it is possible using PORTAGE_BINHOST and an I'net |
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> connection). |
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Isn't the smallest subset of packages needed to be able to boot netless |
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into a stage3: |
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a kernel |
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a bootloader |
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only? (Ok, maybe some wierd things like pcmcia/hotplug (anybody using a |
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pcmcia/usb cdrom?), ...) If the kernel is copied from the cd, only |
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compiling the bootloader |
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shouldn't add much to those 20 minutes? I think I can do a ten minutes |
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install using this technique (at least on ppc). |
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Pieter |
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