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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Rumen Yotov [mailto:rumen@××××××.org] |
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> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 1:19 PM |
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> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple emerge --sync on the same day? |
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> de Almeida, Valmor F. wrote: |
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> > Hello list, |
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> > |
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> > I've been installing gentoo on 16, almost identical PC's. I wanted |
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to do |
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> > a manual install once and clone the rest but I am having problems |
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with |
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> > rebooting a gentoo box with the same livecd I used to install gentoo |
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in |
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> > the first place (I've also tried with a fresh livecd). Booting with |
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the |
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> > livecd would allow me to get an image of the hard drive to use for |
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> > cloning. I don't know an alternative way. |
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> > |
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> > I am planning to get a few machines going on a manual installation |
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while |
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> > I troubleshoot the livecd problem. These machines are behind a |
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router |
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> > and there will be multiple emerge --sync requests coming from the |
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same |
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> > IP. Is this a problem? I read somewhere that the same machine should |
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not |
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> > be doing more than one emerge --sync per day. |
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> > |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > Valmor |
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> > |
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> > |
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> Hi, |
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> You could install once, make a stage-4 tarball, record/store it |
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> elsewhere and later use it for all the rest. |
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> Later any liveCD which could boot will do. |
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> Unpack the tarball install grub/lilo and reboot. |
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> PS: search gentoo-wiki for making stage-4 tarball IIRC. |
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Thanks for the idea. |
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Valmor |
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> HTH.Rumen |
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