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22.11.2005, 20:57:15, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> The idea was to move out the stage1/stage2 docs to somewhere else. Then |
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> create some sort of "Advanced Installation Topics" guide or something, to |
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> list out the replacement procedures for customizing a system from a stage3 |
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> tarball, then, eventually, drop the stage1 and stage2 tarballs. |
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Erm, did you read what solar wrote about hardened stages and why should stage1 |
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still stay? |
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> I was working on the idea of doing it all in stages. The "problem" occurred |
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> from people freaking out because they didn't bother reading the entire news |
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> blurb that tells exactly where the instructions moved to, plus links to the |
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> bug # and discussion. There's also this nice section in the Handbook. |
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> "A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment, |
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> suitable to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in |
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> this manual. Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation |
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> using one of three stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and |
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> stage2 tarballs, the official installation method uses the stage3 |
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> tarball. If you are interested in performing a Gentoo installation using |
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> a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read the Gentoo FAQ on How do I |
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> Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?" |
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That FAQ section has nothing in common with the original stage1 docs. Sorry, |
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installing stage3 to remove all the use flags cruft subsequently, bootstrap and |
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re-emerge the system and then ponder which packages are not needed any more |
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(again, there's no reliable tool to remove unneeded stuff from system, I've |
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already mentioned this once) - hmmm... :/ |
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And - once stages 1+2 are removed (as you are suggesting above), then I'll |
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install the system only to build my own stage1 w/ catalyst, then reformat and |
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start over with my own stage? Ah, that makes live sooo much easier ;p |
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> Really, everybody is just up in arms over a knee-jerk reaction to not |
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> reading carefully. What it boils down to is either not knowing the |
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> facts, or trolling/flaming. |
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Why exactly is evaporating stage1 an ultimate goal here (as it seems to me?). |
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So don't support it, but why it should not exist? |
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