Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:58:40
Message-Id: CAA2qdGVR6M8XJUYNoke0MwXiy6gOQYjSZ7HCv5=4MDHexychiQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it by Harry Putnam
1 On Sep 19, 2011 2:04 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping
4 > an ISO into a known partition,.
5 >
6 > I'm not getting much from google on this search string:
7 > install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say:
8 >
9 > I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo
10 > jumbo like this one:
11 >
12 > http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/06/boot-livecd-iso-image-from-hdd/305
13 >
14 > I can follow that alright but first wanted to make sure there
15 > is not a well established mainstream way of doing it.
16 >
17
18 Well, AFAIK all you need for installation are chroot, the latest stage3, and
19 portage-latest. So if you already have a bootable Linux system with a
20 chroot, you're good to go.
21
22 Rgds,