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