Re: [gentoo-user] amd64 Installer LiveCD?

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Sunday 19 March 2006 18:49, Bo Andresen <bo.andresen@×××××.com> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] amd64 Installer LiveCD?':
> On Monday 20 March 2006 01:32, JimD wrote:
> > Bo Andresen wrote:
> > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2006.0/handbook-amd64.xml?part
> > >=1&ch ap=2#doc_chap3
> >
> > Is that the same as the *live* CD?  The x86 live CD for 2006.0 had a
> > GUI that I could use why the installer did its thing.  I thought the
> > regular universal installer was console only?
>
> Yes. The versioned 2006.0 Universal Installation CD aka the Installer
> LiveCD is the one with a GUI. Admittedly they haven't made that very
> clear but you will see it if you continue to chapter 3...

No.  They are not the same.  However, there are 3 different gentoo LiveCDs, 
each appropriate for a different type of install.

On the tracker we have (and I'm seeding), among other things:
livecd-amd64-installer-2006.0  (LiveCD with Gentoo Installer)
install-amd64-universal-2006.0 (Universal LiveCD [no installer])
packages-amd64-2006.0          (Packages CD)
and
install-amd64-minimal-2006.0   (Minimal LiveCD [no installer])

The livecd-installer is new for this release.  The install-universal and 
install-minimal are the traditional live CDs, with and without stages and 
snapshots (and maybe some packages?).  The package CD is really only 
useful if you are installing the GRP (so, you can't tweak USE flags) but 
will get you a system with Gnome or KDE and a number of useful 
applications as fast as a "standard" binary distribution.

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