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From: Dan Armak <danarmak@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Install Instructions
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In the section abut installing piggyback from an existing distro, you should 
add that a separate partition is not absolutely required. A user can build 
Gentoo in a subdirectory, and then boot from a bootdisc, delete the old 
system and move the files in the chroot dir to root.

This requires a bootdisc (and thus a burner), but eliminates the effectual 
downtime of a day or so while the system is bootstrapping from a cd.

-- 
Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team (KDE)
Matan, Israel