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· James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>: |
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> Michael Schmarck <michael.schmarck <at> habmalnefrage.de> writes: |
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>> Well, actually, I never used a Gentoo install CD to install Gentoo. I |
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>> also don't quite understand, why anyone would need such a beast. |
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> Folks new to gentoo, would find it suspicious, for a distro not to have |
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> it's own install..... |
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Why's that? The documentation should just point to some other |
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install CDs, if you'd like to call GRML that. |
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> Other forks of Gentoo have their install methods. |
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Nice for them. |
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> For those new to gentoo, it's like getting married without a honeymoon.... |
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> IMHO. |
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I don't get that. |
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>> To install Gentoo, I'd boot my favorite "rescue system" (GRMl nowadays, |
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>> Knoppix back then, but IMO Knoppix is too "fat" for *this* *task*) |
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>> and install from there. No need for an install CD. |
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> OK, fine, then why doesn't of the persons that says it so easy, just take |
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> a GRMl (or whatever) cd and add the minimal (non gui) stuff to the same |
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> cd and make a simple to use 'install cd' for gentoo that is unofficial? |
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Why should that be done? GRML (or whatever) come with their own |
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GUI. And for the installation of Gentoo, the only "GUI" that's |
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needed, is a terminal. |
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> Wouldn't it be easy for all of those whose answer this installation |
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> question over and over and over, to make a basic install cd on top of GRMl |
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> once and be done with it? |
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No. That would outdate as well and wouldn't support newer hardware. |
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But what would be gained by doing what you suggest? |
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>> As far as I'm concerned, the Gentoo install CD could easily be dropped |
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>> without a loss. |
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> Well, I differ with this statement 100%. |
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Fine. Why? |
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> What, IMHO, needs to happened is the |
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> whole install process be changed to a minimal working kernel and basic tools. |
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That's what you get, when you use some other Live CD like Ubuntu or |
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whatever. |
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> the SD media when he runs out of disk space. That's the kind of project |
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> where embedded gentoo and gentoo workstations need "seemless" |
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> integration. |
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Cool :) But what does that have to do with an installation CD? |
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Michael Schmarck |
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If you don't see why, please stay the fuck away from my code. |
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Rusty, in linux-2.6.6/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-locking.tmpl |
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