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On Sunday 18 April 2010 14:21:19 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> currently I am reading the Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a |
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> new Gentoo-System via boot-CD. |
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> If I have a running Gentoo-Sytem on my PC...would it be |
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> possible to install a new Gentoo-System on a fresh harddisk, |
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> which is currently unpartitioned and unformatted electrically |
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> wired with my PC (SATAII) ? |
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> Just an idea... |
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Of course you can. |
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Your question betray the fact that you don't fully understand how OS installs |
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work. It goes like this: |
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- You have a running operating system on disk A |
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- This can be any system you feel like, it can be Ubuntu, a LiveCD, MacOS or |
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anything else |
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- This OS runs an application that writes a crap load of files to disk B (or a |
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different partition on the same disk - essentially the same thing) |
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- Disk B is never the same bit as disk A. It doesn't matter what OS you are |
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using to install on disk B, it is never the same thing as disk A. If it is, it |
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isn't an install, it's an update |
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- These files on disk B are written in such a way that they form a functioning |
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OS. |
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- Boot the machine and tell it to use the files on disk B. |
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- Voila!! B runs, and has nothing to do with A. |
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It stands to reason that the original A can be Gentoo to install Gentoo on B. |
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Don't get hung up on this, it means nothing. |
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If you have a suitable install app, MacOS can install Gentoo. |
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If you have a suitable install app, Windows can install Gentoo. |
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If you have a suitable install app, Gentoo can install Gentoo. |
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Make sense now? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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