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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:40:39 -0500, Michael Mol wrote: |
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> > Is it the only running machine and you con only do the install sitting |
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> > at the machine? |
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> Occasionally that's the most convenient approach, sure. Especially |
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> when physical space is tight, or when the new box has much larger |
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> display[s] available to it. |
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Or when installing on a laptop that you need to be able to use away from |
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base during that time. |
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> > I once used Ubuntu to get a PowerPC machine booting Linux, then |
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> > studied how Ubuntu did and did my Gentoo install from scratch on a |
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> > different partition until it worked at which time I removed Ubuntu. |
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> Note I never said I used Ubuntu for this process. I was using the |
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> Gentoo live DVD. I don't see the need to use an Ubuntu disc over a |
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> Gentoo disc, in this case. |
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Note that I didn't say it was an Ubuntu live CD. I installed Ubuntu to |
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the hard disc, which gave me a usable machine very quickly. Then I could |
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do productive stuff on it while running the Gentoo installation in the |
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background. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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And then Adam said, "What's a headache? |
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