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On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:11:15 +0200 |
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Andreas Waschbuesch <awaschb@××××.de> wrote: |
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> cycloon wrote: |
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> >[Tom Saker wrote:] |
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> >> If I understand your website correctly I can use the LiveCD as a |
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> >> rescue disk without installing Gentoo onto my hard drive. If this |
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> >> is correct where can I find instructions on how to do this. Thank |
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> >> you. |
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> > uhm, just put it in your cdrom and start your pc. after a minute you |
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> > hav a working gentoo system with lots of system-analyzing tools. Maybe |
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> > i misunderstood your Question but it is that easy |
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> Yes - or seems at least. But what does one do if he/she has none of |
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> those three or OK maybe four NICs supported by the iso? Right. Nothing. |
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> Those gentoo-isos are for gaming only IMHO. If You want HW support get |
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> knoppix. |
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> -> http://www.knopper.net/knoppix |
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The livecd's are a little more than that, IMHO, but you've made a point |
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though... The new functionalities (live linux rather than system in ram |
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filesystem, web browser, irc client, xwindows and... well, games) have come, |
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it seems, at a price... |
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Indeed, according to the bugs in bugs.gentoo.org, and what I see from time |
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to time on irc, there seem to be a lot of problems when configuring and |
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using some special hardware with the livecd (pcmcia for example but not |
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only) |
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I do hope the cds of the final 1.4 release won't suffer of these symptoms |
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(it only means, I guess, a reconfiguration of the kernel and modules present |
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on the cd) Btw, some beta-testing should be done, and I'm rather surprised |
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to see that the livecd on www.gentoo.org is already one month old... |
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As concerns knoppix, I would think that, for what concerns gentoo |
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installation, it is rather overkill... The basic gentoo livecd has |
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everything I want. What is the use of kde, openoffice during the very first |
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stages of installation ? |
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Please, gentoo developers, upload as soon as possible a new livecd... It is |
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a little tireful to have to propose to gentooers to use the old gentoo 1.2 |
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iso (derived from the 1.1a iso) rather than the livecd... |
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Just my two cents, |
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Pierre-Henri Jondot <Pierre-Henri.Jondot@×××××××.fr> |
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Page perso : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/phj |
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