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I'm not a developer ... and I'm not in California ... but I am a Gentoo |
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bigot and I'm certainly willing to help out ... as are most Gentoo |
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users/developers. The documentation and forums are excellent, as are the |
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IRC channels. |
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As far as installation is concerned, the complexity pretty much depends |
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on whether you want to dual-boot with some other OS and whether or not |
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you have a floppy disk drive :). If you don't want to dual-boot and you |
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have a floppy, you can do the whole install (stage1 or stage3) from |
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shell scripts on the floppy and just sit and watch. |
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It gets a little trickier if you only have a CD; you have to boot the |
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install CD with the "docache" option, then unmount it, load your install |
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scripts from a CD, then put the install CD back in to copy the stage3 |
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tarball and Portage snapshot. If you have two CD drives, it gets simple |
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again :). |
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The most complex case is if you want to preserve an existing OS. First, |
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you have to back it up, so if you nuke it, you can restore it. Then you |
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have to move partitions around, etc. But once you've got the hard drive |
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partitioned the way you want it, everything else is automatable. |
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Mark S Petrovic wrote: |
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>Good day. |
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> |
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>I am about to embark on a serious project and I am considering Gentoo |
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>as the platform. My luck with installation, on which I've spent several |
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>solid days, thus far has been mixed, and I'm willing to hold off believing |
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>it's not just me. I suspect Gentoo works, but thus far just not for me. |
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>But I see the promise it holds. |
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> |
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>Is there a principal Gentoo developer in Northern or Southern California |
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>(preferred) to whom I can pay a visit to gain a deeper understanding of |
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>who the Gentoo team is, what they are trying to accomplish, and how? |
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>Thanks. |
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>Mark |
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>Research and Development |
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>EarthLink, Inc. |
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>Pasadena, CA |
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