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Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@××××××××.ch> posted |
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200608111307.46197.tcoulon@××××××××.ch, excerpted below, on Fri, 11 Aug |
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2006 13:07:46 +0200: |
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> Anyway, you have to download the iso file to be able tu burn it to CD. |
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> I'm not aware of any way of installing Gentoo on many pc's without |
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> either compiling it pc after pc, or possibly creating an image of the |
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> first install and copying it (provided all pcs are the same, of course). |
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Note portage FEATURES=buildpkg, one of my favorite features, for a number |
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of reasons. Once you have the first one setup, all others can install |
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using the binary packages created by the first one. Thus, the process |
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becomes much like installing a regular binary distribution, only of course |
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with Gentoo details, and using the binary packages (emerge -K) created for |
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the first one. |
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Also note that with a group of computers, it's possible to use distcc to |
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share in the compiling job, once they all get minimally setup, anyway. |
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Thus, I'd setup the first one thru the emerge --emptytree system step (or |
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maybe even before that, with just the stage-3 and networking stuff), ensure |
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it's configured for networking, then setup the others to the same level, |
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and get distcc merged on all of them. After that, you can use distcc to |
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while compiling everything else, and the job will go far faster. |
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Of course, that assumes that you want to use the same USE flags and CFLAGS |
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on all of them. If not, you can't share packages, but you can still use |
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distcc to share the compiling. |
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For big installs, you can use dev-util/catalyst, the Gentoo release creator |
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meta-tool that releng uses for Gentoo's own releases, and customize the |
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install as desired for your own purposes. Obviously, it'll be more work |
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to figure that out and use it if you are only doing a few installs, but |
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once you get into the double-digits, it could be easier using catalyst to |
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customize your own install, and time you reach fifty, catalyst should save |
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you some major time and hassle, repeatedly configuring the same thing |
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fifty times. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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