Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So boot your existing Gentoo setup as usual, then follow the handbook to > install on the new disk. You do not have to boot from a live CD to > install Gentoo, and suitable working Linux environment will do the job, > and an existing Gentoo installation is more than suitable.
There still seems to be some misunderstanding. I want to build up a fresh install somewhere besides my existing desktop OS (gentoo). Leave the existing setup alone for now. Get the fresh install up to speed so it is a fresh and new approximation of my desktop OS. And finally overwrite the desktop OS with the newly built one. It sounds like what you are describing is just a new install using an exiting gentoo os instead of install disk. But the result would be a new install with nothing setup... on the desktop which is not what I want.
