Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] alternatives to 2008.0 live-install CD
Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:41:37
Message-Id: 4A22DD6E.5030700@konstantinhansen.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] alternatives to 2008.0 live-install CD by Maxim Wexler
1 Maxim Wexler schrieb:
2 > Hi group,
3 >
4 > I was intending to use the 2008.0 live-install CD as a chroot platform
5 > on a 900A EEE. Gentoo refers to the 2008.0 series as 'deprecated'. For
6 > good reason: there's no ppp, no atheros wifi or eth0 support, BUT it
7 > has lvm2 which I need. This makes it much more difficult, since I
8 > cannot even connect to the PC let alone dial out or connect
9 > wirelessly.
10 >
11 > Can somebody recommend an alternative, preferably non-debian; I have
12 > had no success with several versions of that particular OS. Support
13 > for my wireless hardware is included but attempts to connect always
14 > lead to IIRC "no persistent database" errors, even on completely
15 > insecure networks.
16 >
17 > Maxim.
18 >
19
20 Hi Maxim,
21
22 I know there is a gentoo auto build cd but I don't know if it supports
23 your hardware as you need it. It might be worth a try.
24
25 http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/
26
27 kh