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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I should know how to do this but so many changes have happened |
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> recently and I haven't done anything like this for a very long time. |
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> My desktop version of gentoo is pretty far out of date. And I think |
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> there have been enough changes that I don't even want to try to get it |
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> cleaned up. |
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> Rather, I'd like to build up a newly installed gentoo to the point |
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> where it has all the stuff I want. But do it inside a vmware virtual |
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> machine. |
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> I'm trying to keep my working desktop in place until such time as the |
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> vmware gentoo setup is ready |
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> Once that install is up to speed with all my preferred apps in place. |
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> And any kinks worked out... |
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> Only then use it to overwrite my desktop OS. Or reformat that disk |
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> and move the vmware gentoo version to it. |
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> The vmware gentoo would be guest on a windows XP pro machine. |
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> I'd like to hear any comments concerning what problems I might run |
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> into or whether the plan is likely to be a serious mess. |
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> Also wouldn't mind seeing a rough outline of how to make that kind of |
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> move. |
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I've thought about this myself, but I think there are some issues. The |
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hardware that vmware can simulate are limited and may not match your |
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actual hardware. This does not mean it's impossible, but you may need |
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to set network, graphics ,etc up again once the system is transferred. |
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Guess the steps will be pretty much the same as for transferring |
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between partitions or similar machines |
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- make sure all the required modules for the target system is compiled |
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in the kernel. |
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- Update /etc/fstab to point to the correct devices. |
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- Update the grub.conf to pass the correct root. (btw, does anyone use |
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anything other than grub these days?) |
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- Use tar (with appropriate flags to keep permissions and symlinks in |
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place) to transfer all the files |
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- Install the bootloader on the target MBR |
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I may have missed a few things, but that's everything I currently remember. |
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Regards |
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Dirk |
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