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João Miguel <jmcf125 <at> openmailbox.org> writes: |
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> > On the download pages I found this interesting choice for AMD64:: |
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> > Boot Media Admin CD:: |
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> > https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ |
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> > Anyone know what an .admin cd. is? Anyone tested it yet? |
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> Hmm I hadn't seen it, but it seems pretty similar to the minimal |
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> installation CD, except it has a different logo. In fact, it calls |
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> itself a «minimal installation CD», boots in exactly the same way (boot |
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> prompt, keymap choice, loading tons of modules, etc.) |
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I was thinking it was a boodcd that analyzed your hardware/settings |
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and throws one directly into a "chrooted environment". That would be |
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very cool, if that is the goal:: repair/reconfigure of low level missteps... |
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> So I'm guessing it has a few more things than the standard ISO, maybe |
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> some things that were deemed unnecessary for the minimal install, but |
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> that may be useful, I don't know, if you mess up your bootloader, or |
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> maybe it has some statically compiled binaries that you can copy and use |
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> on your main system if something is broken... But that's just a guess. |
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Yes, or it could be a hybrid-customizable (catalyst/aufs/systemrescue) media |
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project where you spin your own boot/recovery cd/iso sometime after an |
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install is complete? Just a wishful guess.... cloning for cluster research |
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and dev does come to mind (hopeful intentions here) for folks that need to |
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spin up lots of gentoo images on real hardware. As my work progresses to |
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'bare metal' clusters on heterogeneous hardware (arm64 is next) VM's are not |
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a viable option for my needs. |
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> The easiest way to know the difference may be to mount the ISOs, the |
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> SquashFSs inside, and compare the files... |
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> If you want to try it, you can do: |
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> $ qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -hda admincd.iso -enable-kvm |
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> Thanks for the question. Now I'm curious too :-D |
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> João Miguel |
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Yep, inquiring minds just want to know. Maybe?::It's preparation for the |
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upcoming "stage_4" installs? [1,2] There's quite an impressive list of devs |
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@1 now part of Gentoo Release Engineering. I sure those folks will "put out" |
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some amazing new install toys! Either way, an "admin cd" in the installation |
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media collection for gentoo, does spark excitement and |
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curiosities and possibilities, kno? |
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James |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng |
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[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:RelEng_GRS |
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