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Yes, as of the 2004.0 livecds (which are based upon catalyst |
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and genkernel 3.0.1), you will be able to copy the kernel and |
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initrd directly from the livecd into your boot partition to |
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boot your systems, I'm still working on being able to grab the |
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/lib/modules/* to fill the system as well. In the near future |
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we'll be building gentoo packages .tbz2's that you can just |
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emerge gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.1-athlonxp.tbz2 and it will |
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install the appropriate packages and kernel. |
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The main problem with genkernel right now is the people who |
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created the livecds have not committed their kernel configs |
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for building your own kernel, if we could get those people |
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to do that, you wouldn't be having those problems. |
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The current livecds have very specific initrds that are only |
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meant for cdbooting, this new initrd in genkernel 3.0.1 is |
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100% multi-purpose, for recovery, normal systems, and cd-based |
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systems. |
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-Brad House |
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brad_mssw@g.o |
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---Forwarded Message |
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I have been installing gentoo on as many platforms as I can get my hands on |
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here at work (about 12 at the moment) in an effort to determine if we can |
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use it in a production environment. They range from brand new to older |
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Pentium III's. The single highest failure mode, believe it or not, is the |
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failure of genkernel to compile a bootable kernel. I find that the CD |
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kernel works in EVERY case, but often I have to recompile the kernel |
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manually to get it to work. Would it be possible to provide a way of simply |
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transferring the CD kernel to get a packaged distribution up and running |
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quickly and then do the tailoring later instead of the frustration of trying |
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to genkernel only to have it fail? Just a suggestion. |
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