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Fabio wrote: |
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> Dale wrote: |
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>> Or use some other bootable CD like Knoppix. |
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>> The best way to install Gentoo is the old way. You will learn a lot |
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>> about Linux that way too. If you just have to, you can install some |
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>> binary based OS like Mandriva on a separate drive and use it to install |
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>> from then erase Mandriva after you get everything sorted out. The plus |
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>> to that is you can use Mandriva to search the forums when a problem |
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>> arises. It does have web browsers too. |
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>> Just a few thoughts there. |
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>> |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> thanks Dale! I currently use ubuntu and Debian now. I try to install |
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> the gentoo system via chroot from Ubuntu but was a real suicide for |
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> me..at the end..I don't know why it does not work. |
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> so do you think this is the best way? |
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> thanks! |
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> Fabio |
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I did my install from Mandrake once. It worked fine for me. I did most |
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of it from Konsole. I had Mandriva on one drive and installed Gentoo on |
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the second drive. |
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There is not really much difference between doing it booted from the |
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install CD or another OS. You create your partitions, put your file |
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system on those, create your mount points if needed and mount the |
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partitions. Untar the stage tarball, chroot in and go after it. Once |
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you get to the chroot part, it should be just like the handbook. If |
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your mount points are different, substitute the correct paths for your |
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situation. You can just do a mkdir /mnt/gentoo on your current OS then |
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go from there. That way it will be just like the handbook. |
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I will say this, it took me four tries to get a successful install. |
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That would be booting from the hard drive. Took a couple more times to |
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get the kernel perfected. If you run into a problem, don't start over. |
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Just about anything can be fixed. Just search the forums, come here and |
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ask if needed. |
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You should be able to install from the OS you have tho. I have never |
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used Debian or Ubuntu but it should work. |
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After you do this a few times, you'll be like "that is so easy". I have |
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never used the installer to install Gentoo with. |
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That help? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) :-) |
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