| 1 |
> -----Original Message----- |
| 2 |
> From: Neil Bothwick [mailto:neil@××××××××××.uk] |
| 3 |
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 10:41 AM |
| 4 |
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
| 5 |
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Reconstructing a Gentoo Installer Computer |
| 6 |
> |
| 7 |
> On Wed, 31 May 2006 09:53:05 -0400, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
| 8 |
> |
| 9 |
> > I am rapidly getting the idea that either leaving the system alone, |
| 10 |
or |
| 11 |
> > just wiping it out and starting over is going to be preferable to |
| 12 |
trying |
| 13 |
> > to repair this one, since no one can seem to tell me if it can be |
| 14 |
done. |
| 15 |
> > My original thought was to simply change the use flags to those that |
| 16 |
I |
| 17 |
> > wanted, and emerge -e world, apparently, this is not correct? |
| 18 |
> |
| 19 |
> Re-emerging everything is unnecessary, especially if you are only |
| 20 |
> changing a few flags. |
| 21 |
> |
| 22 |
> emerge -uavDN world |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
> will re-emerge everything affected by your changed flags, and allow |
| 25 |
you |
| 26 |
> to see what it is going to do before it starts. If you have any doubt |
| 27 |
as |
| 28 |
> to what an emerge will do, run it with --verbose and either --pretend |
| 29 |
or |
| 30 |
> --ask first. |
| 31 |
> |
| 32 |
> > As far as portage documentation, I have not been able to find a wiki |
| 33 |
> > article or other document that indicates how to change from a system |
| 34 |
> > created by the installer disk to one that is personally optimized. |
| 35 |
> |
| 36 |
> Therein lies one of the problems with the installer. The manual |
| 37 |
> installation requires you to gain some understanding of how Gentoo |
| 38 |
works |
| 39 |
> in order to build a system. That understanding is also needed to |
| 40 |
> administer the system. By using the installer, you bypass the initial |
| 41 |
> learning curve which, paradoxically, can make things more difficult in |
| 42 |
> the long run. |
| 43 |
> |
| 44 |
> I am going to suggest a course of action that I normally find totally |
| 45 |
> pointless, re-install. If you build your system again without the |
| 46 |
> installer, you will be able to configure it to suit your needs from |
| 47 |
> scratch, and you will have a greater understanding of the system, |
| 48 |
making |
| 49 |
> it easier to maintain. |
| 50 |
> |
| 51 |
> |
| 52 |
> -- |
| 53 |
> Neil Bothwick |
| 54 |
> |
| 55 |
> "Bother," said Pooh, as the Death Star exploded around him. |
| 56 |
[Timothy A. Holmes] |
| 57 |
|
| 58 |
Neil - |
| 59 |
|
| 60 |
I understand your suggestion -- I used the installer as an attempted |
| 61 |
shortcut after having done several (5+) installs via the basic disk and |
| 62 |
the handbook. I have paid for that error in spades - believe me -- |
| 63 |
since then I have done an additional 5 or so installations by hand from |
| 64 |
the basic disk. I understand the processes there, I was hoping to |
| 65 |
rescue the additional time for the snort install etc by being able to |
| 66 |
just recompile stuff rather than have to start over from the beginning, |
| 67 |
the system is currently running, so I may just end up putting off the |
| 68 |
rebuild till this summer when I have a bit more time -- I was hoping to |
| 69 |
be able to change the use flags, build a new kernel and be done with it, |
| 70 |
but that doesn't look to be the case |
| 71 |
|
| 72 |
Thanks again |
| 73 |
|
| 74 |
TIM |
| 75 |
|
| 76 |
|
| 77 |
Timothy A. Holmes |
| 78 |
IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher |
| 79 |
|
| 80 |
Medina Christian Academy |
| 81 |
A Higher Standard... |
| 82 |
|
| 83 |
Jeremiah 33:3 |
| 84 |
Jeremiah 29:11 |
| 85 |
Esther 4:14 |
| 86 |
|
| 87 |
|
| 88 |
-- |
| 89 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives