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On 5/25/2010 10:34 PM, Arttu V. wrote: |
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> On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try |
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>> out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will |
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>> it contain the options to boot arch kernel images automatically? |
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>> I really dont wanna mess up grub. |
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> |
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> You'll minimize your grub configuration work and pretty much |
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> neutralize any risk to your currently installed OSes by testing |
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> and trying out Gentoo in a virtualized system. |
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> |
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> For example VirtualBox is freely available and takes only a few |
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> mouse clicks to configure a virtual machine specifically suitable |
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> for Gentoo (or Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Fedora, or OpenSUSE, or |
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> ...), then you just attach the CD ISO to the virtual machine |
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> (clickety-click, 3 clicks if it's on the Desktop?), and boot |
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> (doubleclick). Next you do the install, which in Gentoo's case |
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> means following the Gentoo Handbook. |
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> |
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> You can keep important tools like irc-client, your favourite |
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> search engine and Gentoo Handbook browser window running in the |
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> host OS, jumping between the host and guest with a single mouse |
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> click and right ctrl key to get back. And that's just using the |
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> default settings out of the box. |
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> Try it out once. It hooked me after the 15 minutes it took to make |
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> the first virtual image (and that's where I read all the labels |
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> and options). Naturally, YMMV. |
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will try that out soon |
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thanks :) |
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