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On Sep 19, 2011 2:04 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping |
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> an ISO into a known partition,. |
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> I'm not getting much from google on this search string: |
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> install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say: |
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> I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo |
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> jumbo like this one: |
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> http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/06/boot-livecd-iso-image-from-hdd/305 |
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> I can follow that alright but first wanted to make sure there |
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> is not a well established mainstream way of doing it. |
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Well, AFAIK all you need for installation are chroot, the latest stage3, and |
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portage-latest. So if you already have a bootable Linux system with a |
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chroot, you're good to go. |
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Rgds, |