I have looked at Metro (a catalyst tool of sorts) but I'm not certain I can take the customer configuration / rc files that I've whipped up and somehow use them during the automatic build process.
If I could...man would that be lovely. -j On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:05 AM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 <at> comcast.net> writes: > > >> I keep a master copy of a generic gentoo install on a dvd. It's configured >> and >> compiled as x86, i686 for both the applications and kernel. I build all the >> kernel drivers I would ever need and update it as needed with each new round >> of hardware purchases or driver updates. Then when I need to put another >> gentoo box online, I simply copy the contents of the dvd to the new >> harddrive, run grub and install the boot loader onto the new drive and I'm >> done the hard part. Once done, I pop the new drive into the new computer and >> boot it up. At the commandline I finish tailoring the install by tweaking USE >> in make.conf and recompiling, but only as necessary. Add in whatever drivers >> is needs and I'm done... It's worked everytime I've done this... YMMV. :') > > > Hello Jerry, > > Did you use catalyst? > > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/faq.xml > > Are you using or planing on using the new 'autobuilds'? > > How will autobuilds affect your method for installation? > > http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/releases/amd64/autobuilds/ > > I too, have similar needs so any further details you care to > share are of keen interest to others. > > > > James >
