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On Mon, April 16, 2007 11:48 pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> To install gentoo, the minimum you require is a running kernel, a |
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> network connection and a shell session. From there you chroot into the |
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> directory that is going to become your /, unpack a portage tree and |
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> binaries copies of some important apps, then emerge the rest. |
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> You don't have to use a gentoo CD for that, I've done it from a Red Hat |
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> rescue disk, a Knoppix disk and from a working Mandrake install. The |
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> gentoo CD does make life easier though if you run into trouble, as |
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> everything you will need will be on the disk and you don't have to hunt |
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> for stuff. |
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You do need a working chroot, which can be a problem on some rescue |
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floppies (if you are reduced to floppies). |
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Nick Rout |
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