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Shinkan wrote: |
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> - I want to build barely-usable minimal systems that I call |
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> "guests" from my host. Guests would have to be setup on target |
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> machines using fdisk and tar only, or put on a Live{CD,DVD,USB}. |
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> Did I have to use Catalyst ? How can I do this if it's the clean |
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> way ? |
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You can certainly do it with a catalyst stage4 spec file. You'll also |
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need to prepare a kernel configuration for the guests, and reference |
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that in the spec file. You'll also spend some time on filling the |
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spec file with packages, files and directories that should be |
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unmerged and simply rm:ed from the final build. |
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To make changes (like add another package to a guest) you would run |
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catalyst again. It starts over, but keeps a cache of binpkgs that |
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have been built so it runs well under an hour even on oldish systems. |
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This is how I make custom distributions for customers. |
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Since the guests will be very different from a standard Gentoo system |
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it may also be worthwhile for you to create a new, custom, profile |
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for the guests. |
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//Peter |
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