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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 16:48:24
Message-Id: 20151124164808.GA29184@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PPC64 on IBM Power8 by luciano mannucci
1 On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 04:31:33PM +0100, luciano mannucci wrote
2 > On 2015-11-24 00:15, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 > > On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:41:00 +0100, luciano mannucci wrote:
4 > >> Ok, I'll fight with the low intensity virtual video and I hope I'll be
5 > >> back with a success story soon... :-)
6 > >
7 > > Start the SSH server in the live install environment, then you can SSH
8 > > in
9 > > from a system with a decent display. I almost always install Gentoo
10 > > using
11 > > SSH and screen.
12 >
13 > Indeed, I agree, ssh is probably The solution.
14 >
15 > Tough I have to configure the ethernet interface first, and add at least
16 > one user (or edit the sshd configuration file :)... I don't like the
17 > idea
18 > of doing that blindly... :)
19
20 No need for an extra user that early in the install. You can login as
21 root. You have to be root to do the setup stuff anyways. If you really
22 want a "predictable interface name", remember to type...
23
24 gentoo net.ifnames=0
25
26 ...immediately when the Gentoo CD or USB key boots up. I predict that
27 it'll come up as eth0 if you do that. <G>
28
29 --
30 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
31 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications