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From: "Petri Rosenström" <petri.rosenstrom@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installer Skript
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:26:26
Message-Id: AANLkTi=-pnh+9dVcaxiPte8-isdG-BOFZt23bw0jmndw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Installer Skript by Elmar Hinz
1 Hi,
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3 dunno if I'm interested in testing it, but I have a similar script,
4 made mostly in bash. So if you made one also I'm interested in looking
5 into it (I might be able to copy something from it :D)
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9 Petri Rosenström
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13 On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com> wrote:
14 > Hello,
15 >
16 > yesterday I was working on an installer skript for Gentoo.
17 >
18 > What does it do?
19 >
20 > * It does the basic installation until you can reboot and login.
21 > * That includes formatting of the given partitions.
22 > * That includes compiling a genkernel.
23 > * It is developed and tested on Ubuntu.
24 >
25 > What does it not do?
26 >
27 > * It does not do partitioning itself.
28 > * It does not install a boot manger. (I use that on my Ubuntu partition.)
29 > * It does not set up wifi.
30 >
31 > What is required?
32 >
33 > You need at least a free partition of 5GB and a swap partition.
34 > Optionally you can use a separate partition for portage.
35 >
36 > Is anybody interested in testing the script? That is alpha software.
37 >
38 > You should at least be able look into the script before you run it.
39 > You know, it asks before, but then it does format your partitions. So
40 > it can be quite dangerous, if you don't exactly know what you are
41 > doing.
42 >
43 > Al
44 >
45 >

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installer Skript Elmar Hinz <oss.elmar@××××××××××.com>