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> Hello, |
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> On the download pages I found this interesting choice for AMD64:: |
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> Boot Media Admin CD:: |
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> https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ |
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> Anyone know what an .admin cd. is? Anyone tested it yet? |
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Hmm I hadn't seen it, but it seems pretty similar to the minimal |
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installation CD, except it has a different logo. In fact, it calls |
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itself a «minimal installation CD», boots in exactly the same way (boot |
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prompt, keymap choice, loading tons of modules, etc.) |
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So I'm guessing it has a few more things than the standard ISO, maybe |
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some things that were deemed unnecessary for the minimal install, but |
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that may be useful, I don't know, if you mess up your bootloader, or |
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maybe it has some statically compiled binaries that you can copy and use |
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on your main system if something is broken... But that's just a guess. |
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The easiest way to know the difference may be to mount the ISOs, the |
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SquashFSs inside, and compare the files... |
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If you want to try it, you can do: |
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$ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -hda admincd.iso -enable-kvm |
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Thanks for the question. Now I'm curious too :-D |
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João Miguel |
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