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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_QUAR,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (holstebro.mip.sdu.dk [130.225.143.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 159B320EED0B for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:59:13 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EA6714A4F for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:59:11 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hedensted.mip.sdu.dk (hedensted.mip.sdu.dk [172.30.110.93]) by holstebro.mip.sdu.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E47214A45 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:59:09 +0200 (MEST) Received: from hedensted (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hedensted.mip.sdu.dk (8.10.2+Sun/8.8.5) with SMTP id g38Jx9402202 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:59:09 +0200 (MEST) Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 21:59:09 +0200 From: Thilo Bangert To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FAQ Message-Id: <20020408215909.03ad451d.thilo.bangert@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <1018294763.4266.8.camel@maas.wired> References: <001901c1dd26$68a45360$2401a8c0@malachite.ath.cx> <20020408191800.87FCB20EEAE1@chiba.3jane.net> <1018294763.4266.8.camel@maas.wired> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.7; sparc-sun-solaris2.8) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 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: bdae5aa3-deb0-442e-97e2-1e281b4b76e7 X-Archives-Hash: 59de4660e81f92fee3ce73dc23428238 On 08 Apr 2002 21:39:20 +0200 Erik Grinaker wrote: > 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. > great - i plan on doing this myself. good to hear somebody already accomplished this... (amazing downtime!) > 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 i've said this before: i wouldn't want to make it too easy for people - thats what made gentoo really fun yes, a steep learning curve will scare some people away, but it will make tech support much more easy (in the long) (perhaps this is all wrong, because then people just start doing new stuff...) also, gentoo is constantly under (more or less) heavy development (getting better every day). brave newbies have no problem dealing with that, but they can handle heavy documentation as well... i don't want to kill your attempt on doing something good - i just personally feel we should not lower the high standards (in terms of dificulty or "heaviness") of the gentoo documentation a dedicated gentoo floppy bootdisc really sounds like a good idea just my 2 cents regards Thilo