From: Jean-Michel Smith <jsmith@kcco.com>
To: Cedric Veilleux <cedric@neopeak.com>, Chris Coffman <tk@w3ds.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] aloha
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 08:58:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200207120858.05856.jsmith@kcco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200207120322.11179.cedric@neopeak.com>
On Thursday 11 July 2002 10:22 pm, Cedric Veilleux wrote:
> Installing gentoo from another linux system running on the same box is my
> prefered way of installing gentoo. It is quick and easy and you have access
> to all the tools you might need. The gentoo CD is a stripped down linux, so
> if you can use an already running system it will most probably do the job
> just as well.
I agree, being able to install gentoo in a chrooted environment, on a machine
already running GNU/Linux (and usable as a normal workstation the entire
time) is one of Gentoo's great strengths. What difference does it make if
compilation takes 8 hours or 80 hours, if it is taking place in an xterm
tucked away in the corner of the dekstop, onto a second set of partitions the
current installation isn't using anyway. The only time the machine is
unavailable is when I reboot it to bring up the new Gentoo installation,
after I've already compiled X, KDE, Gnome, etc. and copied over a working
XF86Config.
Total down time for a new installation, from scratch: less than a minute.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-12 13:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-11 6:55 [gentoo-dev] aloha Chris Coffman
2002-07-12 3:22 ` Cedric Veilleux
2002-07-12 13:58 ` Jean-Michel Smith [this message]
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