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Galevsky schrieb: |
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> On Jan 11, 2008 10:38 AM, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs.ext@×××.com> wrote: |
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>> Am Freitag, 11. Januar 2008 schrieb ext Shaochun Wang: |
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>>> Currently, Gentoo has not updated |
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>>> its installation CD for a long time! |
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>> They don't need to. One week ago I used a GRML cd to install a new Gentoo |
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>> system. |
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> On Jan 11, 2008 10:22 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Why do you think gentoo *needs* to update it's install CD? |
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> Because Gentoo is a distro, and as a distro, it should have a way to |
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> be installed on a computer... I upgraded my hardware recently and my |
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> previous gentoo distro was not able to boot (ICH9 + JMicron |
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> controller) because no SATA HD was recognized with my old 2.6.18 |
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> kernel.... the only way to boot was livecd with right kernel/modules. |
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> But Gentoo was not able to provide a *so basic feature*, the one that |
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> let me boot on my computer.... and you see no needs with that ? Well, |
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> if Gentoo is not able to make my computer booting, it is sure that I |
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> have no need to get maintained portage nor any one of the ebuilds... |
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> [..] |
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> Gal' |
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Right, basicly telling people "You have to depend on / use other distros |
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to install our OS, cause we are not able to / don´t have time to provide |
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this" sounds a little fishy. It makes Gentoo look incomplete. |
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MHO |
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Norman |
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