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On Jan 12, 2008 12:52 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck <at> habmalnefrage.de> writes: |
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> > Well, actually, I never used a Gentoo install CD to install Gentoo. I |
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> > also don't quite understand, why anyone would need such a beast. |
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> Folks new to gentoo, would find it suspicious, for a distro not to have |
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> it's own install..... Other forks of Gentoo have their install methods. |
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<SNIP> |
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> So yes, drop the (graphical) liveCD 0ption and create installation |
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> method(s) that begin simple (therefore easy to maintain and update) |
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> and ... |
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I haven't followed this whole thread but isn't this idea EXACTLY what |
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the Gentoo install process was 6-7 years ago? It's how I got started |
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and it worked great for me. A simple boot CD, a text console, and then |
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start copying tar files to get up to date stuff to work with. The few |
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times I've done an install using newer install CDs I've switched to a |
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text console, started ssh, and logged in from another machine where I |
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Can copy/paste the install commands from a browser into my ssh |
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terminal. Works great every time for me. |
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In the old days there were folks who wanted to do stage 1 or stage 2 |
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installs. I never did one. Stage 3 always worked great for me. |
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For the record I am one of the newbie types that I think someone |
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mentioned as getting lucky and getting it right. That said, after 6-7 |
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years of using Gentoo, I'm still a newbie. I will be forever. I don't |
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want to dig into any Linux distro as much as I want to use it. I'm not |
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a sys admin, except for the 6 Gentoo machines at home. I work for |
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myself and don't deal with offices but I Was never a sys admin and I |
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don't program in any language and I Still manage to make Gentoo work |
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for me. The power of Gentoo, for me, is the ease and quality of the |
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install process. I use a LOT of non-stable, under development audio |
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recording packages. I really appreciate how well I can do this on |
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Gentoo. |
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I hope the Gentoo devs can get back to the roots of this distro. Rock |
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solid install. Rock solid operation. High availability of interesting |
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software either through portage directly or through overlays like |
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proaudio. |
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Just my 2 cents and no matter what nothing in this email should ever |
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be construed as anything except the greatest respect and reverence for |
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those who make this disrto run. |
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Cheers, |
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Mark |
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