Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> [10-04-18 16:00]: > On 2010-04-18, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yes, you should be able to, installing Gentoo is basically just copying > > a bunch of files to a partition in a harddisk, nothing magical. > > Precisely. > > > However, you will have to be able to compile a compatible kernel from > > your PC. Compatible usually means either your PC have the same > > architecture as your laptop (which means everything should be already > > setup) or you have to cross-compile the kernel. > > Cross compiling the kernel is fairly trivial, but you need a > cross-toolchain. Building one with crosstool-NG isn't too hard, but > its' not trivial either. > > > I've never done kernel cross-compiling, but it's definitely possible, > > you just need to modify modify some of the Makefile manually (search on > > google for a howto). > > You don't actually need to modify the Makefile if you don't want to. > You can do it from the command line: > > make ARCH=targetarch CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/cross/compiler > > -- > Grant >
...no, I dont want to cross-compile anything. Everything will run on the same identical CPU (not only product-wise, but even the CPU (as a thing) will remain the same! :) ) -- Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows.
