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I have looked at Metro (a catalyst tool of sorts) but I'm not certain |
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I can take the customer configuration / rc files that I've whipped up |
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and somehow use them during the automatic build process. |
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If I could...man would that be lovely. |
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-j |
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 <at> comcast.net> writes: |
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>> I keep a master copy of a generic gentoo install on a dvd. It's configured and |
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>> compiled as x86, i686 for both the applications and kernel. I build all the |
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>> kernel drivers I would ever need and update it as needed with each new round |
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>> of hardware purchases or driver updates. Then when I need to put another |
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>> gentoo box online, I simply copy the contents of the dvd to the new |
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>> harddrive, run grub and install the boot loader onto the new drive and I'm |
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>> done the hard part. Once done, I pop the new drive into the new computer and |
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>> boot it up. At the commandline I finish tailoring the install by tweaking USE |
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>> in make.conf and recompiling, but only as necessary. Add in whatever drivers |
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>> is needs and I'm done... It's worked everytime I've done this... YMMV. :') |
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> Hello Jerry, |
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> Did you use catalyst? |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/faq.xml |
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> Are you using or planing on using the new 'autobuilds'? |
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> How will autobuilds affect your method for installation? |
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> http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/releases/amd64/autobuilds/ |
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> I too, have similar needs so any further details you care to |
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> share are of keen interest to others. |
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> James |
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