I want to know is there any way to install a gentoo to an embedded system?
For example, ipaq. Because those samll devices do not have enough effort to
build a system from stage1.  But it still need a portage-like way to upgrade
packages.

2005/10/14, Stefan Schweizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi,
>
> I want to preinstall Gentoo Linux on some devices for customers. Do
> you have any tips for preinstallation, any scripts? What is the
> correct prcedure of doing so?
> Anyone knows of something like a "sysprep" script for linux that will
> ask the costumer for user  and passwort setup when he first switches
> on the PC?
>
> On the technical side what I am currently doing is taking a normal
> setup, cleaning up distfiles, /usr/src, /tmp, /home, creating a new
> usser without any files of my own ;)
> cleaning out all my passwords of /etc.
> partimageing the partition, and dd'ing grub and sfdisking the partition table.
> Then playing back the images on the HDs I want to put into the devices later.
>
> Regards,
> Stefan
>
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