[gentoo-user] Re: Newbie question

[Madhurya Kakati]

The gentoo user community is so helpfull. Thanks guys.

On 5/25/10, Arttu V. <arttuv69@×××××.com> wrote:
> On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo.
>> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the
>> options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna
>> mess up grub.
>
> You'll minimize your grub configuration work and pretty much
> neutralize any risk to your currently installed OSes by testing and
> trying out Gentoo in a virtualized system.
>
> For example VirtualBox is freely available and takes only a few mouse
> clicks to configure a virtual machine specifically suitable for Gentoo
> (or Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Fedora, or OpenSUSE, or ...), then you
> just attach the CD ISO to the virtual machine (clickety-click, 3
> clicks if it's on the Desktop?), and boot (doubleclick). Next you do
> the install, which in Gentoo's case means following the Gentoo
> Handbook.
>
> You can keep important tools like irc-client, your favourite search
> engine and Gentoo Handbook browser window running in the host OS,
> jumping between the host and guest with a single mouse click and right
> ctrl key to get back. And that's just using the default settings out
> of the box.
>
> Try it out once. It hooked me after the 15 minutes it took to make the
> first virtual image (and that's where I read all the labels and
> options). Naturally, YMMV.
>
> --
> Arttu V.
>
>

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