Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Good arguments to use Gentoo Linux?
In the US, I'm almost certain you wouldn't be able to get away with running Gentoo, and more specifically, Portage, the way you apparently do in a secure govt environment. There's probably a federal directive or regulation somewhere that prevents machines being run in govt organizations from using non-standard or officially unapproved technology and/or procedures, and for good reason... I've had Portage hose my Gentoo install twice before to the point that I could no longer run Portage, and I run stable, not testing. Using Portage you're putting yourself at the mercy of any Joe Schmoe with a proxy connection to a Gentoo server that wants to compromise your machine. Even most commercial organizations, for job critical computing, have administrators that establish mirror servers for software testing prior to internal distribution. It didn't sound like the OP was intending for anyone to do sys admin tasks with Gentoo either, I imagine that could prove to be risky using any Linux distro. We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation on how to format my new drive
I've found 128MB to be fine for /boot. If he wants to play around with non-Gentoo kernels, then it will be nice to have the extra space to store the kernel source tarballs (~40MB ea). In addition, its usually a good idea to have space for backups, and probably bitmaps for the boot loader and OS splash screens. IMHO, 128MB is safely big enough and acceptably small even a 60GB HD. Most new dual booters use Windows as their primary OS, at least until they get experience with Linux and decide how they want to customize it for their use. If you don't install alot of applications, 10GB is plenty enough (60GB is fairly limited space for dual booting). Actually I've gotten away with 5, but my primary Linux (Gentoo) partition, including /home, is now 15GB; 10GB is a decent compromise for a new user. If he decides to create a separate partition for /home, then 10GB is plenty big enough for the rest of Gentoo. Not all programs install in /home by default, some install in /opt or /var. These are calls he will have to make as he gains more experience with Linux. In any case, there is nothing that can't be adjusted later with G-parted or some other tool. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendation on how to format my new drive
Absolute minimum: 1. Windows: Type=NTFS Size=10GB + however much more space you want for Windows. 2. Linux Swap: Type=swap Size=ram size 3. Gentoo: Type=ext3 Size=10GB + however much space you want for Linux. Recommended: 1. Windows: Type=NTFS Size=10GB 2. Linux Swap: Type=swap Size=ram size 3. Linux Boot: Type=ext2 Size=128MB mountpoint: "/boot" 4. Gentoo: Type=ext3 Size=10GB mountpoint: "/" 5. Shared: Type=fat32 Size=Rest of drive mountpoint="/mnt/shared" The boot partition is separate for security reasons. You'll need to set up your boot loader to load the kernel from /boot, and set up fstab to not mount the /boot partition by default. The shared partition is probably where you will want to install most of your Windows programs, media files, and anything you want to be able to share between OS's. Some people like to install all their Linux programs in their Linux home directory. If you do that, you might want to consider breaking the shared partition into 2 partitions, one ext3 for your Linux home directory and one fat32 shared partition that is mostly Windows stuff. The reason for adding the extra partition(s) is so you won't erase files you don't have to if you decide to re-install the OS's. Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dual boot: XP installed last?
You can also backup and and restore the MBR using the Linux dd program available on the Gentoo LiveCD. >From >http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html > : dd if=/dev/hda of=backup-of-hda-mbr count=1 bs=512 This stores the first 512 bytes of the disk (contianing the MBR and the primary partition info - i.e. the first four primary entries) into the file "bcakup-of-hda-mbr" which you can then copy to somewhere safe. To restore (be careful - this could destroy your existing partition table and with it access to all data on the disk): dd if=backup-of-hda-mbr of=/dev/hda If you only want to restore the actual MBR code and not the primary partition table entires, just restore the first 446 bytes: dd of=/dev/hda if=backup-of-hda-mbr bs=446 count=1. (Those first 512 bytes are 446 bytes of MBR, then 64 bytes of primary partition table). -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] how thorough is #emerge --sync?
The use of package.keywords is recommended because it allows you to apply the condition to specific packages. If you really want to use the arch testing packages system wide, then I believe the way to do this is to insert the line: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" into your /etc/make.conf file. All subsequent emerges will then make use of the test package versions for the specified arch. However, this is not recommended as it tends to produce an unstable system. - Original Message From: BoØrsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:09:37 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how thorough is #emerge --sync? On Wednesday 18 October 2006 23:35, Darren Kirby wrote: > Again, ensure that you have the line: > > media-sound/dir2ogg ~x86 > > in "/etc/portage/package.keywords" > > Note that this assumes you are running "x86" ARCH. If you are using a > different arch then do the same thing but change the arch to what you are > using: ie: "~sparc", "~ppc", or "~amd64". Actually it doesn't assume anything. It simply means that you accept any package that includes the ~x86 keyword.. -- Bo Andresen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
