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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:05:12PM -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> > > Hmm, I recall asking if rc3 could have gcc and the kernel source |
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> > > available from the boot cd - I see the kernel source code is in the |
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> > > packages directory, but I think there may have been a |
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> > > mis-communication... I actually meant that gcc be executable from |
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> > > boot.img so that a kernel can be compiled directly from the boot cd |
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> > > (onto ramfs presumably, unless you mount anything else) without having |
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> > > to install anything to a hard disk - I for one would find this very |
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> > > useful, and I'm surprised I haven't seen any other distros do this. |
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> > > Comments please |
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> > I think that's impossible right now, since the kernel sources need to be |
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> > on a read/write filesystem. However, I believe that this is changing with |
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> > the official 2.4.0 release (or some time soon), which will allow the sources |
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> > to reside on the CD. Then, it'll be possible. Otherwise, you'd need ~150Mb |
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> > of spare RAM just to hold the upacked kernel sources in a RAM filesystem. |
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> Now that I think of it, this should be possible with a chroot to /mnt/gentoo |
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> after the base system has been installed. The kernel could then be compiled |
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> and installed quite easily. We'll need to test it out -- I hope it works :) |
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Great, thanks both - I'll let you know how I get on... oh, and if I |
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remember correctly the k6 should be able to run pentium pro code. |
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- Tom |