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Madhurya Kakati writes: |
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> Philip, Thanks for the detailed answer. |
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Yeah, that was a nice one. |
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> On 5/25/2010 9:09 PM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> > 100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote: |
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> >> I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out |
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> >> Gentoo. |
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> > Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of work, time & attention, |
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> > but is not difficult & gives you real control on how you use your |
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> > machine. |
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> Only reason i will be using gentoo is for this ;) |
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> >> I guess Grub will be overwritten by Gentoo, |
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> > Not really. |
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> >> but will it contain the options to boot Arch kernel images |
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> >> automatically? |
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Gentoo itself does nothing - there is no automatic installer, YOU do the |
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whole installation. You do not want to overwrite Grub? Well, then just |
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skip this section in the Gentoo Handbook. Just add an entry for your |
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Gentoo to you menu.lst. If you do not know what to add exactly, well, I'd |
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suggest to read a little more about grub :) Gentoo is special, there are |
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many things to do by yourself, which users of other distributions often do |
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not have to do. |
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> > You can keep your whole Arch & M$ systems in separate partitions, |
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> > while installing Gentoo on another partition(s) alongside. |
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> >> I really dont wanna mess up Grub. |
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Well, just add something like |
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kernel /vmlinuz-gentoo root=/dev/sda7 |
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to the menu.lst, but the exact parameters depend on your setup. In this |
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case, Arch Linux and Gentoo would use the same /boot partition, so you |
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just select another kernel image, and give the root device as kernel |
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parameter. If it does not work, reboot into Arch Linux, and fix the error. |
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And ask here if you are having problems. |
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> > First, read the Gentoo User's Guide carefully, |
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> > then follow it to the letter when you install Gentoo. |
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> I have read that many times. Just need to get a printout now. |
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Just in case you print it so have it handy when installing Gentoo... |
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there's probably no need for that (unless your are changing the |
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architecture from 32bit to 64bit, then this would not work). You do not |
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need to boot from a Gentoo CD, as you already have a running Linux, with |
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everything needed to set up partitions for Gentoo, output some Gentoo |
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stuff into them, and chroot into the new Gentoo system and do the rest of |
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the install. |
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So, boot into Arch Linux, and then do the Gentoo install. And keep using |
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your Arch system until you think Gentoo is fully operational. |
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