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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from vestibule.its.caltech.edu (vestibule.its.caltech.edu [131.215.48.17]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F15FFAC6C8 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:36:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from groug.home.net (PPP-36-185.caltech.edu [131.215.36.185]) by vestibule.its.caltech.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA11851 for ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:37:35 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1251" From: George Shapovalov To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Install w/o CD Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:25:58 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <20020417164515.2F04FABDAF@chiba.3jane.net> <36601.10.10.220.33.1019063833.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> In-Reply-To: <36601.10.10.220.33.1019063833.squirrel@www.portablehole.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200204171025.58675.georges@its.caltech.edu> 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: edf5af6f-4b79-42b7-98dc-a02f3891cdfc X-Archives-Hash: 9534157b698c9b02baecde59df6f2a3e It might be needed if existing system is somewhat outdated so it is too m= uch=20 work to get all the necessary functionality into it before starting a new= =20 install (kernel 2.2.x but XFS and LVM are required on a new sys. Just=20 replacing the kernel with 2.4 isn't likey to work as few tools will requi= re=20 to be updated before that). In fact I was thinking about such route at some point, but did not have=20 anought reason to try :). Nice to know that it works. George On Wednesday 17 April 2002 10:17, Jano Lukac wrote: > While a clever way to "boot the cd," isn't this a bit over-doing it? I= f > you already have a linux system installed, you don't really need to boo= t > the gentoo cd.... > > Will Glynn said: > > I was recently (40 minutes ago) placed in a position where I wanted t= o > > install Gentoo on an existing Linux computer. But... I didn't have a > > Gentoo CD, nor did I have access to a burner. I'm sure that there are > > others who are in this same position but would still like to use > > Gentoo. > > > > ...no, this e-mail isn't asking for help. How I did this may be obvio= us > > to some of you, but it took me a good half hour to figure out. I boot= ed > > up the computer, downloaded the 16 MB ISO, did a mount -o loop .iso > > gentoocd/ and copied the contents into /boot/gentoo. The machine was > > running grub, so I added the following to /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > > > title Gentoo Linux Setup > > kernel /gentoo/isolinux/kernel devfs=3Dnomount vga=3Dnormal > > load_ramdisk=3D1 prompt_ramdisk=3D0 ramdisk_size=3D22000 root=3D= /dev/ram0 > > rw initrd /gentoo/isolinux/rescue.gz > > > > Then I rebooted and the world was happy. (After trying to figure out > > why it didn't work for half an hour, that is. But it works now, > > anyway.) This seems like a reasonable way to load Gentoo without > > writing to a CD-R, which some people might find useful. > > > > --delta407 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gentoo-dev mailing list > > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > > _______________________________________________ > gentoo-dev mailing list > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev