Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install

[Indi]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 02:20:01AM +0200, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2011/05/12 17:03 (GMT-0400) Indi composed:
>
> > On 2011/05/12 16:41 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed:
>
> Since I'm familiar and happy with mirrors.us.kernel.org performance, I might
> rather use that, or rsync.us.gentoo.org (if that's not yet another/separate
> entry make.conf needs, not clear from my reading of the OP URL). So all
> GENTOO_MIRRORS needs is the same URL once as http and once as ftp, or is that
> something specific to mcs.anl.gov?
>

You can use either http, ftp, or rsync and you can use (AFAIK) as many entries 
as you wish. I think it even works if you don't bother with it, too.


> It's encouraging to try a new distro, join its mailing list, ask a question,
> and get 3 answers within half an hour of asking, and even get one 17 minutes
> before I asked the question (2011/05/12 16:24 (GMT-0400) Todd Goodman using
> Mutt). :-)
>

Yes I love that too, as well as the fact that the documentation is
extremely thorough in most respects, and what little is lacking or 
over my head is usually easily found via searching the fine web.

> In the pages preceding
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 it
> seemed as though the process would be easy enough, having built up some
> experience working in chroot lately to fix fubar'd Fedora and Mandriva rpm
> database disasters (https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=32547 &
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680508).
>
> I guess I missed the requirement to be running Gentoo to be able to initiate
> an install of Gentoo. I thought whatever Linux was already installed would be
> good enough, until I got to the mirrorselect instructions, and found no
> incorporated alternative such as Indi has replied with.  Indeed, not needing
> to have booted Gentoo to run a Gentoo installer was part of the allure that
> got me started.
>

I have never installed gentoo with a gentoo installer disc. Always
seemed unecessary. 

> I have more than 20 functional multiboot puters, with few having less than 4
> installed operating systems. More typical is 12+. What I use 24/7 are
> openSUSE and eComStation. Most of the rest are either backup, or
> [OS,browser,web site] testing only.
>

Well you'll probably love gentoo. Once you get the make.conf and
package.use files figured out and all your hardware properly accounted
for it's just amazingly good, IME.
I'm totally spoiled by gentoo, and sure do notice that everytime 
I have to use any other system. 

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