| 1 |
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:57:05PM +1000, Lie Ryan wrote: |
| 2 |
> On 04/18/10 22:21, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
| 3 |
> > |
| 4 |
> > Hi, |
| 5 |
> > |
| 6 |
> > currently I am reading the Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a |
| 7 |
> > new Gentoo-System via boot-CD. |
| 8 |
> > |
| 9 |
> > If I have a running Gentoo-Sytem on my PC...would it be |
| 10 |
> > possible to install a new Gentoo-System on a fresh harddisk, |
| 11 |
> > which is currently unpartitioned and unformatted electrically |
| 12 |
> > wired with my PC (SATAII) ? |
| 13 |
> |
| 14 |
> Yes, you should be able to, installing Gentoo is basically just copying |
| 15 |
> a bunch of files to a partition in a harddisk, nothing magical. |
| 16 |
> |
| 17 |
> However, you will have to be able to compile a compatible kernel from |
| 18 |
> your PC. Compatible usually means either your PC have the same |
| 19 |
> architecture as your laptop (which means everything should be already |
| 20 |
> setup) or you have to cross-compile the kernel. |
| 21 |
> |
| 22 |
> I've never done kernel cross-compiling, but it's definitely possible, |
| 23 |
> you just need to modify modify some of the Makefile manually (search on |
| 24 |
> google for a howto). |
| 25 |
> |
| 26 |
> Also, I'm not sure whether a bootloader installation needs to mess with |
| 27 |
> the BIOS. I *think* it shouldn't, as the low-level booting process |
| 28 |
> between the box and the harddisk is controlled by BIOS from MBR and |
| 29 |
> grub/lilo is just installing onto the MBR. |
| 30 |
> |
| 31 |
> |
| 32 |
|
| 33 |
About the bootloader shouldn't one set that up on the individual machine? I'm sure everything but the bootloader could be done from another machine, but my guess is a bootcd would be necessary for the actual bootloader. |
| 34 |
|
| 35 |
-- |
| 36 |
Zeerak Waseem |
Archives