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From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Acquiring a deeper understanding of Gentoo
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 03:21:46
Message-Id: 42B0EF73.8050103@cesmail.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Acquiring a deeper understanding of Gentoo by Mark S Petrovic
1 I'm not a developer ... and I'm not in California ... but I am a Gentoo
2 bigot and I'm certainly willing to help out ... as are most Gentoo
3 users/developers. The documentation and forums are excellent, as are the
4 IRC channels.
5
6 As far as installation is concerned, the complexity pretty much depends
7 on whether you want to dual-boot with some other OS and whether or not
8 you have a floppy disk drive :). If you don't want to dual-boot and you
9 have a floppy, you can do the whole install (stage1 or stage3) from
10 shell scripts on the floppy and just sit and watch.
11
12 It gets a little trickier if you only have a CD; you have to boot the
13 install CD with the "docache" option, then unmount it, load your install
14 scripts from a CD, then put the install CD back in to copy the stage3
15 tarball and Portage snapshot. If you have two CD drives, it gets simple
16 again :).
17
18 The most complex case is if you want to preserve an existing OS. First,
19 you have to back it up, so if you nuke it, you can restore it. Then you
20 have to move partitions around, etc. But once you've got the hard drive
21 partitioned the way you want it, everything else is automatable.
22
23 Mark S Petrovic wrote:
24
25 >Good day.
26 >
27 >I am about to embark on a serious project and I am considering Gentoo
28 >as the platform. My luck with installation, on which I've spent several
29 >solid days, thus far has been mixed, and I'm willing to hold off believing
30 >it's not just me. I suspect Gentoo works, but thus far just not for me.
31 >But I see the promise it holds.
32 >
33 >Is there a principal Gentoo developer in Northern or Southern California
34 >(preferred) to whom I can pay a visit to gain a deeper understanding of
35 >who the Gentoo team is, what they are trying to accomplish, and how?
36 >
37 >Thanks.
38 >
39 >Mark
40 >
41 >--
42 >Research and Development
43 >EarthLink, Inc.
44 >Pasadena, CA
45 >
46 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Acquiring a deeper understanding of Gentoo Jonathan Smith <smithj@g.o>