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On Thursday 11 July 2002 10:22 pm, Cedric Veilleux wrote: |
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> Installing gentoo from another linux system running on the same box is my |
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> prefered way of installing gentoo. It is quick and easy and you have access |
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> to all the tools you might need. The gentoo CD is a stripped down linux, so |
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> if you can use an already running system it will most probably do the job |
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> just as well. |
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I agree, being able to install gentoo in a chrooted environment, on a machine |
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already running GNU/Linux (and usable as a normal workstation the entire |
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time) is one of Gentoo's great strengths. What difference does it make if |
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compilation takes 8 hours or 80 hours, if it is taking place in an xterm |
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tucked away in the corner of the dekstop, onto a second set of partitions the |
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current installation isn't using anyway. The only time the machine is |
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unavailable is when I reboot it to bring up the new Gentoo installation, |
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after I've already compiled X, KDE, Gnome, etc. and copied over a working |
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XF86Config. |
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Total down time for a new installation, from scratch: less than a minute. |
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