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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:03:51 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> > If you're installing to a new disk, do a standard Gentoo install to |
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> > that disk, but do it from your working setup instead of the live CD |
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> > environment. Your existing installation has all the tools you need to |
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> > build a new setup in a chroot. |
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> I'm having a bit of a thick skulled problem understanding what you |
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> mean above. |
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> I can't think of how I would do a fresh install to a new disk from a |
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> working vmware guest on a different machine or even on the same |
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> machine for that matter. |
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The subject mentions a new disk, and your original post mentioned |
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installing anew for a machine you want to keep running, so I took it that |
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the new disk goes in the old computer. |
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So boot your existing Gentoo setup as usual, then follow the handbook to |
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install on the new disk. You do not have to boot from a live CD to |
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install Gentoo, and suitable working Linux environment will do the job, |
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and an existing Gentoo installation is more than suitable. |
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