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Pierre-Henri Jondot wrote: |
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> [ a bit "tightened" here] |
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> Andreas Waschbuesch <awaschb@××××.de> wrote: |
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>> cycloon wrote: |
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>> > Tom Saker wrote: |
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>> >> [ gentoo-iso as a RESCUE system - how ] |
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>> > [ boot the cd - finished! ] |
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>> Yes - or seems at least. But what does one do if he/she has none of |
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>> those three or OK maybe four NICs supported by the iso? Right. |
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>> Nothing. Those gentoo-isos are for gaming only IMHO. If You want HW |
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>> support get knoppix. |
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>> -> http://www.knopper.net/knoppix |
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> The livecd's are a little more than that, IMHO, but you've made a |
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> point though... The new functionalities (live linux rather than system |
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> in ram filesystem, web browser, irc client, xwindows and... well, |
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> games) have come, it seems, at a price... |
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Right. I was a bit mean. But Tom asked for a rescue system. In this case |
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I won't recommend the gentoo iso - sorry. He'd have to rescue the |
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rescue system ... |
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> Indeed, according to the bugs in bugs.gentoo.org, and what I see from |
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> time to time on irc, there seem to be a lot of problems when |
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> configuring and using some special hardware with the livecd (pcmcia |
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> for example but not only) |
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Yes. Full ACK here. |
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> I do hope the cds of the final 1.4 release won't suffer of these |
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> symptoms (it only means, I guess, a reconfiguration of the kernel and |
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> modules present on the cd) Btw, some beta-testing should be done, and |
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> I'm rather surprised to see that the livecd on www.gentoo.org is |
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> already one month old... |
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Concerning gentoo installation I'd rather like to see the "good old" |
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mini isos (16MB) with somewhat "current" config as installation base. |
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That'd be enough. Who wants to download those bloated "everything |
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included" isos as the ONE choice? OK. Apart from that - a demo CD or |
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maybe even full stage3 Live CD and maybe more as alternatives, OK. |
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> As concerns knoppix, I would think that, for what concerns gentoo |
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> installation, it is rather overkill... The basic gentoo livecd has |
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> everything I want. What is the use of kde, openoffice during the very |
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> first stages of installation ? |
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Again: Tom asked for a rescue system. U can start the knoppix isos with |
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SOME configs. 16MB RAM and a 468 or higher with a bios or controller |
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"able" to boot from cdrom is enough. BTW the hardware recognition and |
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the palette of supported components is very good. So where is the |
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problem? The rest is for tomsrtbt, coyote, fli - whatever. Again, |
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concerning installation: look above ... |
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> Please, gentoo developers, upload as soon as possible a new livecd... |
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> It is a little tireful to have to propose to gentooers to use the old |
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> gentoo 1.2 iso (derived from the 1.1a iso) rather than the livecd... |
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It exists _and_ it works _and_ the smallest one is only 16MB ... |
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> Just my two cents, |
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So what's the trade for my 2 Euro Cents? ;-) |
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