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On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:51:12 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> > So boot your existing Gentoo setup as usual, then follow the handbook |
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> > to install on the new disk. You do not have to boot from a live CD to |
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> > install Gentoo, and suitable working Linux environment will do the |
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> > job, and an existing Gentoo installation is more than suitable. |
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> There still seems to be some misunderstanding. |
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> I want to build up a fresh install somewhere besides my existing |
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> desktop OS (gentoo). Leave the existing setup alone for now. |
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Which is what a chroot install does. |
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> Get the fresh install up to speed so it is a fresh and new |
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> approximation of my desktop OS. |
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Ditto. |
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> And finally overwrite the desktop OS with the newly built one. |
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Overwrite? Where does the new disk come into it then? |
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> It sounds like what you are describing is just a new install using an |
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> exiting gentoo os instead of install disk. |
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> But the result would be a new install with nothing setup... on the |
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> desktop which is not what I want. |
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Obviously, you would set everything up, but it would be made easier by |
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the fact you are running on the target machine, and everything is in |
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place. There's no copying entire systems over, just change the bootloader |
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config when it's ready. |
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