Re: [gentoo-user] Re: sysrescuecd gone rogue

[Rich Freeman]

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 3:26 PM J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
>
> On June 4, 2019 5:59:49 PM UTC, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> >On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:38:14 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >
> >> > Regardless, have you used the Arch based sysrescuecd to install
> >> > Gentoo and are there are any gotchas I should be aware of?
> >>
> >> You can use anything. I did use the Gentoo-based sysrescuecd once to
> >> install Gentoo, and I also used an Ubuntu live DVD too. It doesn't
> >> matter. If it's Linux and boots, nothing changes.
> >
> >One thing to watch out for: if you are installing a UEFI system, you
> >need a live CD that boots using UEFI and not CSM.
>
> The gentoo live dvd can boot into UEFI mode.
>

Personally I just use an Ubuntu image these days - it is trivial to
get that working on anything, and it is also pretty easy to get it
working with ZFS (easier than with most alternatives at least).  I use
zfs on most of my root filesystems.

In any case, really any solution should work.  I'm all for
Gentoo-based ones but the Gentoo install process is pretty generic and
doesn't really need anything more sophisticated than
tar+bzip+curl/wget+chroot, and then whatever you need to partition and
format your filesystems.  So, I find that my choice of rescue CD tends
to be driven more by practical concerns (what boots on the system I'm
using, convenient tools, package repository, etc).

-- 
Rich