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On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 01:51:20 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: |
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> I'm sure plenty have found that to be the case. My problem is inability |
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> to connect the dots between the 12.1 column on |
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> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gentoo and the |
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> instructions. |
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That link leads to the same page as if you clicked Downloads on |
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gentoo.org! |
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> Goal #1 is to get Grub 0.97 on my first pass following |
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> those instructions, and Grub2 never, rather than skipping the |
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> bootloader installation step. |
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The stage 3 does not install a bootloader, which is why the GRUB2 option |
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at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Bootloader |
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tells you to install it. If you'd rather use a different bootloader, just |
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install and configure it instead. I can think of no good reason to start |
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with GRUB 0.97, but if that's what you want, just do it. |
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> Goal #2 is to get through that first pass |
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> without any of systemd being installed. |
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Then just follow the handbook. It appears you have read neither the |
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handbook nor the recent posts to your threads fully or you would know |
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that systemd is not the default and requires some extra steps to install. |
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> Choosing options rather |
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> accepting defaults is not "pretty easy", at least for me who installed |
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> Gentoo only once previously, more than 4 years ago. |
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Gentoo is not supposed to be easy, but if you'd just followed the |
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handbook you would have got what you wanted. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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If you use envelopes, why not encryption ? |
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