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Hi! |
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After lurking on this list for a while, I think I could contribute |
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something... |
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On Tuesday 28 June 2005 21:59, Paul Smith wrote: |
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> OK, so my livecd is (basically) working. And, I can see the HD and I |
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> know how to create partitions and create filesystems on the partitions, |
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> etc. |
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> Does anyone have any pointers or docs on installing a complete system |
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> onto the HD? After I make a partition and a filesystem do I just copy |
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> the contents of the livecd over with "cp -a" or similar? I guess I need |
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> to install an MBR... and configure/install GRUB too I suppose? |
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I think there are more details to consider. |
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What kinda compression did you use? You might have to mount the splashfs |
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under /mnt/cdrom via loop device to get access to the actual filesystem. |
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What about the devices? You might have to use MAKEDEV to create the devices on |
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the actual root partition. |
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> Is there some part of catalyst or other Gentoo package that already does |
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> this kind of thing I could look at? |
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I'm working on a _very_ simply Python script to install our distribution |
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(Seniorix, a linux system for older users), but it'll take some time before |
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it's actually usable. |
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Ciao, |
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Andreas |
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