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On 2011/05/13 02:37 (GMT+0200) Alan McKinnon composed: |
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> That part of the doc assumes that the user is indeed running from the |
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> LiveCD-like environment provided by the official installer. There are other |
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> docs (far less verbose in their explanations) covering alternate install |
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> sources. |
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My actual starting point was "The Gentoo Linux alternative installation |
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method HOWTO" <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5>. It was |
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from its link to |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4 that I |
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wound up at the OP link after two next clicks. |
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> Most distros provide a customized environment to do this in, usually in the |
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> form of a bootable CD. |
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I used a few of those many many moons ago, but have only installed in recent |
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years using an installation kernel and initrd loaded by Grub, and usually via |
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HTTP, rarely by a previously downloaded iso. This installation via chroot is |
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completely new to me, though I suspect it's probably common among paid OS |
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devs, not unique to Gentoo. |
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"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant |
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) |
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Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! |
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Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ |
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