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On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:02 -0500, Michael Mol wrote: |
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>>> > Has anyone installed gentoo on ubuntu raid install? |
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>>> > If so, your experiences? |
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>>> I haven't tried anything that way, but is sounds like using Ubuntu as |
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>>> a fancy bootstrap to replace the Gentoo live boot environment, and |
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>>> seems unnecessary. Have you tried the Gentoo live DVD? |
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>> I did this several years ago, because I wanted a functional distro to |
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>> work with while compiling everything, a long task with the hardware of the |
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>> day. It's no different to using a live CD for the job, just make sure the |
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>> tools you need are installing in the host OS before you start. |
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> I prefer to do it this way, as I can load up the Gentoo Handbook in a |
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> browser and avoid the risk of some typos by copy/pasting some |
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> commands. And if I hit an error[1], I can copy/paste if I need to dig |
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> up someone else who's had a similar problem. |
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> [1] And, really, every new box is unique, and I always find |
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> *something* to file a bug report against... |
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> -- |
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> :wq |
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Is it the only running machine and you con only do the install sitting |
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at the machine? |
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I do most installs by booting the Gentoo install CD, enabling shh and |
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then shelling in from another machine where I run the handbook and |
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copy/paste the commandsin my shell terminal. No need for Ubuntu to do |
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that unless the machine is somehow in isolation and doesn't have |
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networking. |
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That said, using Ubuntu might be a very good way to do it especially |
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if you are going to build a RAID which isn't automatically recognizzed |
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at bott by the kernel. I.e. - needs an initrd. Think metadata > 0.9 |
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and things like RAID5 or 6. |
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I once used Ubuntu to get a PowerPC machine booting Linux, then |
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studied how Ubuntu did and did my Gentoo install from scratch on a |
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different partition until it worked at which time I removed Ubuntu. |
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Just some thoughts, |
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Mark |