[gentoo-user] Re: Installing Gentoo via Gentoo ?

[Damian]

meino.cramer@×××.de writes:  > Hi, > > currently I am reading the 
Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a  > new Gentoo-System via 
boot-CD.  > > If I have a running Gentoo-Sytem on my PC...would it 
be > possible to install a new Gentoo-System on a fresh harddisk, 
> which is currently unpartitioned and unformatted electrically >
wired with my PC (SATAII) ?  > > Just an idea...  I installed 
Gentoo from an Ubuntu installation. Just a couple of things for 
you to keep in mind (I don't know if they will apply in your 
case):  - When chrooting, use the following command to flush your 
environment:

    # env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
    # /usr/sbin/env-update
    # source /etc/profile

    - When you are asked to mount the proc system, in the gentoo
    handbook, issue the following command instead:

          # mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc

    - In order to get the network working in a chrooted enviroment you
    will need to copy the /etc/resolv.conf from the working system.

In summary, the Gentoo handbook is your workhorse during the
installation process. You only need to be careful about the particular
details that I mentioned (and that are scattered all over the Gentoo
documentation).


Good luck,
Damian.