From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_NXDOMAIN, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RDNS_DYNAMIC autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from wired-networks.net (213-145-191-67.dd.nextgentel.com [213.145.191.67]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 91E1920EF133 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 15:35:55 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 32242 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2002 20:35:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO maas) (192.168.0.2) by aleph.wired with SMTP; 8 Apr 2002 20:35:34 -0000 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ From: Erik Grinaker To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020408160347.04f67800@mail.cybrains.net> References: <20020408191800.87FCB20EEAE1@chiba.3jane.net> <001901c1dd26$68a45360$2401a8c0@malachite.ath.cx> <20020408191800.87FCB20EEAE1@chiba.3jane.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020408160347.04f67800@mail.cybrains.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.3 Date: 08 Apr 2002 22:32:47 +0200 Message-Id: <1018297970.4267.34.camel@maas.wired> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 0ab32e3c-6ff6-4e01-ae54-9f477f12a4dc X-Archives-Hash: b365bc46cf7c2c5b22f3017c3d9bbd95 On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 22:05, Michael Lang wrote: > I wrote just such a install guide for installing from another=20 > distro...still waiting on it to go "live", but you can check it out at:=20 > http://www.gibberishcode.net/gentoo-web/xsl/build.html and see how much i= t=20 > parallels with what you did...it sounds like you did a few extra steps I=20 > didn't know about and thus didn't document. Ah, nice - then I don't have to get my hands dirty ;) The extra steps I did are very, very system-dependant (which services are you running, how is the harddisk partitioned and many other things), but your does seem to cover most of the things that such manouvers will have in common. --=20 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" - Antoine de Saint-Exup=E9ry