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Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> writes: |
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>> So boot your existing Gentoo setup as usual, then follow the handbook to |
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>> install on the new disk. You do not have to boot from a live CD to |
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>> install Gentoo, and suitable working Linux environment will do the job, |
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>> and an existing Gentoo installation is more than suitable. |
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> There still seems to be some misunderstanding. |
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> I want to build up a fresh install somewhere besides my existing |
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> desktop OS (gentoo). Leave the existing setup alone for now. |
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> Get the fresh install up to speed so it is a fresh and new |
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> approximation of my desktop OS. |
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> And finally overwrite the desktop OS with the newly built one. |
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> It sounds like what you are describing is just a new install using an |
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> exiting gentoo os instead of install disk. |
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> But the result would be a new install with nothing setup... on the |
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> desktop which is not what I want. |
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This may help. You can install from the CD, another Gentoo system, |
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another Linux system with about any OS on it as long as it has chroot |
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and a couple other goodies. I installed my Gentoo system from Mandrake |
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years ago. As long as you can run chroot and a couple other goodies, |
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you can install. |
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Another thing I have done, put a hard drive in my main rig, install |
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Gentoo to run on another system. After I get everything done, except |
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the boot loader, I put the drive in the new system, install the boot |
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loader and see if it boots or not. |
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What people are saying is, there are a lot of ways to do what you are |
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wanting to do. Gentoo is very flexible that way. :-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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