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Galevsky wrote: |
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> Yes it is. Portage is not included |
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Huh? If are talking about installation, then whether the LiveCD carries |
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portage or not is irrelavent, portage is in the stage tarball you fetch |
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over the internet. |
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> you depend on other systems that |
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> don't mind about Gentoo needs and could go on different way, and I |
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> find very strange to have a 2.6.23 stable in Gentoo, but not necessary |
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> on other liveCD at the same time. |
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You don't depend on the LiveCD, it merely boots your computer and gives |
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you fdisk and mount, as soon as you unpack the stage tarball and chroot |
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into it, you are using the binaries from the stage tarball and gentoo's |
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base-layout, and at that point, what the LiveCD is becomes completely |
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irrelavent, so I'm afraid I can't agree with you here. |
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> plus networkless installations... I |
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> think it is very good -for any distro- to have an installCD that |
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> brings a good system to not-connected machines. Just for them. |
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Networkless installations is well documented. Even without gentoo's |
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LiveCD, it can easily be done, some LiveCDs allow you to switch disc, or |
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you can just use portable medias like USB flash. If you Google for it, |
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there are plenty of guides and tutorials, so I won't go into details. |
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> I mean dealing with Gentoo components versions sounds sensible.... |
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> watching GRML/Knoppix/whatever website for a Gentoo install...surely |
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> less. |
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As I said in the thread earlier, do not bind your mind to the idea that |
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"you need gentoo to install gentoo", the fact is, you don't. The |
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installation steps from knoppixCD/GRML is almost identical to those from |
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a Gentoo CD, with only one exception: they don't come with /mnt/gentoo, |
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so you'll have to mkdir /mnt/gentoo, but if that makes it less sensible |
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as you claimed, I'm afraid I can't agree. |
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- -- Joe |
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