On Friday 20 September 2002 07:54 am, Bob Raymond wrote: > On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 13:39, Tim Wunder wrote: <snip> > > OK. From what I've read on GenToo, I need to boot into it to install. If > > I can install GenToo in a spare partition while keeping my *real* system > > running, I'm interested. Please enlighten me further. Ping me off list > > if you like. > > Pretty simple- create a filesystem on the spare partition, mount the > Gentoo CD and the new filesystem, cd to the new filesystem, unpack the > stage1, 2, or 3 tarball of your choice from the CD into the new > partition, and chroot to your Gentoo partition. Then you get to start > downloading the portage tree, bootstrapping, building a new kernel, and > having fun seeing what packages are there (my favorite ebuilds for KDE > CVS will probably never make it into the portage tree). >
So, if I understand you correctly, I can just make my partitions, unpack the stage3 tarball, chroot to it and accomplish the same thing. Or, do I *really* need the GenToo CD? Regards, Tim -- Caldera eWorkstation 3.1+, kernel 2.4.18-preempt, KDE 3.0.3, Xfree86 4.1.0 8:00pm up 20:46, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 It's what you learn AFTER you know it all that counts _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
