Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-24 Thread Andrew Gaffney
Matthieu Amiguet wrote: I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does have a good high speed connection to the Internet and a floppy drive. I installed gentoo on my CD-less floppyless thinkpad x31 in roughly the fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-24 Thread Matthieu Amiguet
> I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an > empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does > have a good high speed connection to the Internet and a floppy > drive. I installed gentoo on my CD-less floppyless thinkpad x31 in roughly the following way: - b

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-24 Thread Raquel
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 07:46:29 +0100 Azhdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:56, Raquel wrote: > > That would work well ... if I had an existing Linux system > > installed... which I don't. > > but... > but... > > there's one with a knoppix ! > U ... Knoppix ... a

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Azhdeen
On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:56, Raquel wrote: > That would work well ... if I had an existing Linux system installed > ... which I don't. but... but... there's one with a knoppix ! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Raquel
On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 03:48:18 +0100 Spider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > begin quote > On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:06:40 -0800 > Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an > > empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does >

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Spider
begin quote On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 14:06:40 -0800 Raquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an > empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does > have a good high speed connection to the Internet and a floppy > drive. > > What

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Chris I
On Sun, 2003-11-23 at 20:47, Raquel wrote: > I installed Debian, because it installs over the Internet. However, > it uses kernel 2.2. Gentoo uses 2.4. That means that ReiserFS is > not available, nor can I chroot from Debian to Gentoo. Debian has many, many kernels in it's apt sources. I cant

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Raquel
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:25:25 +0100 Azhdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:16, Chad Martin wrote: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml > > > maybe you wanted to post this one : > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml > > as this one is about ins

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Chad Martin
Azhdeen wrote: On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:16, Chad Martin wrote: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml maybe you wanted to post this one : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml as this one is about installation withOUT the CDs... My bad. I should read emails more carefully

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Matthias F. Brandstetter
-- quoting Raquel -- > What's the best way to proceed? Get the Slackware boot and root > disks, download a Gentoo stage image? I'm kind of lost here. I would suggest you try this link here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=8690 HTH! Greetings, Matthias -- Could this b

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Raquel
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:25:25 +0100 Azhdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:16, Chad Martin wrote: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml > > > maybe you wanted to post this one : > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml > > as this one is about ins

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Raquel
On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 23:25:25 +0100 Azhdeen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:16, Chad Martin wrote: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml > Raquel wrote: > I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an > empty hard drive. The machine do

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Azhdeen
On Sunday 23 November 2003 23:16, Chad Martin wrote: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml > maybe you wanted to post this one : http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml as this one is about installation withOUT the CDs... Azhdeen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Chad Martin
Raquel wrote: I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does have a good high speed connection to the Internet and a floppy drive. What's the best way to proceed? Get the Slackware boot and root disks, download a Gen

[gentoo-user] Clean Hard Drive

2003-11-23 Thread Raquel
I'm wanting to install Gentoo onto a new (to me) system with an empty hard drive. The machine doesn't have a CD drive. It does have a good high speed connection to the Internet and a floppy drive. What's the best way to proceed? Get the Slackware boot and root disks, download a Gentoo stage ima