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On 2014-03-04, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> It's not 100% apparent how the install works from reading the handbook, |
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> you have to do it to see how it works. Do note that all distro installer |
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> work in this general way, Gentoo just lets you see more of the process. |
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> In summary: |
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> You need a running OS to install an OS. You get this anywhere you choose |
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> but the easiest is to boot from a removeable media (CD, USB, etc). |
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Booting the Gentoo minimal install "CD" (from CD/DVD or USB flash |
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drive) is the canonical way to get to the point where you start |
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following the steps in the handbook. On one recent install, I used |
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systemrescuecd 4.xx, which gives you a nice minimal XFCE desktop with |
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the Midori web browser you can use to read the handbook (and wander |
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around the web while stuff builds). There was one step -- installing |
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syslog-ng, I think -- where there was a glitch due to an environment |
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variable set by srcd. |
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Immediately after doing the "chroot" do the following command |
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# export path= |
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See below for more details |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-921678-start-0.html |
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http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-786386.html |
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Another convenient option is to boot the minimal install CD make sure |
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network works, start sshd, and then log in from another machine where |
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you can cut/paste stuff from the handbook into a terminal window. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! So this is what it |
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at feels like to be potato |
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gmail.com salad |
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