On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 3:26 PM J. Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > On June 4, 2019 5:59:49 PM UTC, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > >On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:38:14 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > >> > Regardless, have you used the Arch based sysrescuecd to install > >> > Gentoo and are there are any gotchas I should be aware of? > >> > >> You can use anything. I did use the Gentoo-based sysrescuecd once to > >> install Gentoo, and I also used an Ubuntu live DVD too. It doesn't > >> matter. If it's Linux and boots, nothing changes. > > > >One thing to watch out for: if you are installing a UEFI system, you > >need a live CD that boots using UEFI and not CSM. > > The gentoo live dvd can boot into UEFI mode. >
Personally I just use an Ubuntu image these days - it is trivial to get that working on anything, and it is also pretty easy to get it working with ZFS (easier than with most alternatives at least). I use zfs on most of my root filesystems. In any case, really any solution should work. I'm all for Gentoo-based ones but the Gentoo install process is pretty generic and doesn't really need anything more sophisticated than tar+bzip+curl/wget+chroot, and then whatever you need to partition and format your filesystems. So, I find that my choice of rescue CD tends to be driven more by practical concerns (what boots on the system I'm using, convenient tools, package repository, etc). -- Rich
