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On Tuesday 25 November 2008 00:16:26 Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> > You have the right idea. |
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> > Make sure your paths are correct when you install. I see you have |
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> > different conventions on the two drives. Don't get confused :-) |
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> Thanks but I'm not sure what you mean by conventions... do you mean |
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> differences like that boot is not a separate partition? |
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yes, that's the bit that caught my eye |
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> And the install is already largely done but still from a chrooted |
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> shell with the original Installation booted. |
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You can put the various files and directories anywhere you want to within |
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reason, so as long as the bootloader points to the right place, it will all |
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just work. |
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I take it you've already observed that you can also share portage and |
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distfiles directories? Easiest is if they are on their own partitions but |
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there are tricks that can get the same effect if not. How to do this is left |
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as an exercise for the reader :-) with one tip for those who don't know: |
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mount -o bind |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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