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On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. |
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> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the |
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> options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna |
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> mess up grub. |
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You'll minimize your grub configuration work and pretty much |
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neutralize any risk to your currently installed OSes by testing and |
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trying out Gentoo in a virtualized system. |
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For example VirtualBox is freely available and takes only a few mouse |
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clicks to configure a virtual machine specifically suitable for Gentoo |
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(or Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Fedora, or OpenSUSE, or ...), then you |
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just attach the CD ISO to the virtual machine (clickety-click, 3 |
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clicks if it's on the Desktop?), and boot (doubleclick). Next you do |
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the install, which in Gentoo's case means following the Gentoo |
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Handbook. |
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You can keep important tools like irc-client, your favourite search |
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engine and Gentoo Handbook browser window running in the host OS, |
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jumping between the host and guest with a single mouse click and right |
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ctrl key to get back. And that's just using the default settings out |
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of the box. |
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Try it out once. It hooked me after the 15 minutes it took to make the |
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first virtual image (and that's where I read all the labels and |
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options). Naturally, YMMV. |
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