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On 23 August 2019 10:15:23 GMT-04:00, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>You shouldn't need to do this, there are smarter ways to install even |
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>without |
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>a GUI on the candidate PC. Boot with a liveCD, start sshd if it is not |
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>running already, set a passwd and start a screen session. |
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>Go to your main PC which has a GUI running, login remotely to the |
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>install |
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>candidate PC, re-attach the screen, chroot and off you go. This way |
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>you can |
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>use a browser to read the gentoo handbook and copy 'n paste commands |
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>from the |
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>browser into the terminal running screen. |
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>On Friday, 23 August 2019 13:51:55 BST |
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>mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com |
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>wrote: |
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>> thank you. I figured i couldn't run x11/plasma while chrooted (since |
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>they |
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>> are already running on the real root). That means I don't have to |
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>move 2 |
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>> machines close together to read the instructions on one while |
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>building in a |
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>> console only enviroment. |
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>> -- “The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!” |
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>> Aug 22, 2019, 19:52 by audvare@×××××.com: |
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>> >> On 2019-08-22, at 20:13, <mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com> |
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>> >> <mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>> >> |
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>> >> Can I install x11 and plasma on a new system I've chrooted into or |
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>do I |
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>> >> have to boot into the new system? thanks. -- “The whole world is |
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>> >> watching! The whole world is watching!” |
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>> > You can install these things fine. Running them within the chroot |
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>can be a |
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>> > bit painful, however. |
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If the live CD has a desktop, you can do it all on the target machine without needing another to SSH from or read the handbook. |
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