[gentoo-dev] Is it possible ...

[gentoo-dev] Is it possible ...

[Bill Kenworthy]

An interesting idea ... rather than wipe my mandrake 8.1 system, can I
copy portage, and its tools over and gradually replace mandrake with
gentoo.  I realise anything mandrake specific will break big time, but
it seems possible, in theory at least to remove mandrake packages then
emerge the gentoo versions.  All X stuff will probably have to go in one
lump, but system stuff should be OK - its easier to fix problems one at
a time with full control than start from scratch.  Eventually I would be
in a position where only a ghost of Mandrake would remain.

Why? I want to keep using my system whilst this is going on - being out
of action for a week or more whilst I first load the OS and then
configure it to my customised requirements is not so attractive - then
neither is the similar time frame to wipe and install mandrake 8.2, so I
am looking for a shortcut!

Has anyone tried something like this ... and been successful?  I suspect
I will have to start with things like gcc, python etc and go drom there.

BillK

-- 
Bill Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is it possible ...

[Ladislav Bodnar]

On Saturday 22 June 2002 13:55, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> Why? I want to keep using my system whilst this is going on - being out
> of action for a week or more whilst I first load the OS and then
> configure it to my customised requirements is not so attractive - then
> neither is the similar time frame to wipe and install mandrake 8.2, so I
> am looking for a shortcut!

I think a better idea would be to install a basic Gentoo system on another 
partition, then reboot to Mandrake, chroot to your Gentoo partition and start 
emerging. You can continue using Mandrake while keeping an eye on your 
terminal window to see what's happening on your Gentoo partition. 

I haven't done this with Gentoo, but I did exactly this (for the same reason 
as you) when installing Sorcerer and it is definitely feasible.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is it possible ...

[Christophe Vanfleteren]

On Saturday 22 June 2002 07:55, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> An interesting idea ... rather than wipe my mandrake 8.1 system, can I
> copy portage, and its tools over and gradually replace mandrake with
> gentoo.  I realise anything mandrake specific will break big time, but
> it seems possible, in theory at least to remove mandrake packages then
> emerge the gentoo versions.  All X stuff will probably have to go in one
> lump, but system stuff should be OK - its easier to fix problems one at
> a time with full control than start from scratch.  Eventually I would be
> in a position where only a ghost of Mandrake would remain.
>
> Why? I want to keep using my system whilst this is going on - being out
> of action for a week or more whilst I first load the OS and then
> configure it to my customised requirements is not so attractive - then
> neither is the similar time frame to wipe and install mandrake 8.2, so I
> am looking for a shortcut!
>
> Has anyone tried something like this ... and been successful?  I suspect
> I will have to start with things like gcc, python etc and go drom there.
>
> BillK
If you have enough disc space, you can install gentoo from a chroot 
environment. 
Instead of booting the cdrom, just chroot to an empty partition, unpack the 
stageX, continue the install proces following the docs. 

Christophe Vanfleteren

Re: [gentoo-dev] Is it possible ...

[Brandon Low]

I have been pondering doing this with my currently slackware server... 
I think the problem that will arise is the hundreds of orphanned files 
that will undoubtedly be left by the other distro's packages, because 
different distros choose different interpretations (or ignore completely) 
of the FHS.  If you do decide to do this, let me know how it goes!

--Brandon

On Sat, 06/22/02 at 13:55:14 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> An interesting idea ... rather than wipe my mandrake 8.1 system, can I
> copy portage, and its tools over and gradually replace mandrake with
> gentoo.  I realise anything mandrake specific will break big time, but
> it seems possible, in theory at least to remove mandrake packages then
> emerge the gentoo versions.  All X stuff will probably have to go in one
> lump, but system stuff should be OK - its easier to fix problems one at
> a time with full control than start from scratch.  Eventually I would be
> in a position where only a ghost of Mandrake would remain.
> 
> Why? I want to keep using my system whilst this is going on - being out
> of action for a week or more whilst I first load the OS and then
> configure it to my customised requirements is not so attractive - then
> neither is the similar time frame to wipe and install mandrake 8.2, so I
> am looking for a shortcut!
> 
> Has anyone tried something like this ... and been successful?  I suspect
> I will have to start with things like gcc, python etc and go drom there.
> 
> BillK
> 
> -- 
> Bill Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>
> 
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