Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ

[Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>]

On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 21:17, Thilo Bangert wrote:

> well - this has come up pretty often lately....
> 
>              I can't use the gentoo boot cd - is there any other way...

Hmmm... I've just experienced the joys of completely reinstalling a
server while it was actually running. That is, I installed gentoo on it
while I had the RedHat installation running - and just replaced the
services from the RedHat system with those from the Gentoo chroot one by
one until everything ran from the Gentoo installation. I then did a
quick reboot and had a fully functional Gentoo replacement system
running. Downtime was two minutes.

I think that things like these are worth bringing to people's attention.
I can (probably - if I find a bit of extra time) start writing a guide
on alternate installation methods if you think it's a good idea.

I can also contribute with maybe a bootdisk/netinstall and even a more
automated installation process for people not really knowing what they
are doing - if there is any interest for it


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Erik Grinaker
Freelance UNIX/Linux systems consultant

"Perfection is acheived not when there is nothing more to add, but
rather when there is nothing more to take away"
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