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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_03_06, DMARC_MISSING,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from relais.videotron.ca (relais.videotron.ca [24.201.245.36]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9F8AC3A1 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:17:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from blackfish.neopeak.com ([24.200.73.40]) by relais.videotron.ca (Videotron-Netscape Messaging Server v4.15 MTA-PRD3) with ESMTP id GZ4K8I01.T40; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:17:06 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Cedric Veilleux Organization: Neopeak Internet Solutions To: Chris Coffman Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] aloha Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:22:11 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.2 References: <20020711025519.1260b809.tk@w3ds.com> In-Reply-To: <20020711025519.1260b809.tk@w3ds.com> Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200207120322.11179.cedric@neopeak.com> 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 List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: a2427cb8-7ced-4d31-8212-61e0be72f6ec X-Archives-Hash: ae7981e2d16dcf18ad7ca9829319e513 Installing gentoo from another linux system running on the same box is my= =20 prefered way of installing gentoo. It is quick and easy and you have acce= ss=20 to all the tools you might need. The gentoo CD is a stripped down linux, = so=20 if you can use an already running system it will most probably do the job= =20 just as well. On July 11, 2002 06:55 am, Chris Coffman wrote: > hey guys, loving gentoo... like... yeah. but I decided to get brave and > install it on a spare machine I have, P200... yeah... why bother right.= =2E. > anyhow, I found 1.3B on the ibiblio ftp which is great, but I wanted to= let > you know of the major dilema I was faced with, this machine... bios doe= sn't > allow booting from a cd, so if ya could, make a boot floppy image to go= w/ > it for the older machines, I ended up doing the install from inside a > debian install.. heh.