From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OOGCK-0001zP-4B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BDC1E0DBE; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EA9AE0DBE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from corvid.gentoo.org (corvid.gentoo.org [208.92.234.79]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B061C1B402E for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by corvid.gentoo.org (Postfix, from userid 2104) id 70BDB2CE14; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:53 +0000 (UTC) From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" To: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-install-about.xml X-VCS-Repository: gentoo X-VCS-Files: hb-install-about.xml X-VCS-Directories: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook X-VCS-Committer: nightmorph X-VCS-Committer-Name: Joshua Saddler Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Message-Id: <20100614202353.70BDB2CE14@corvid.gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:23:53 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-doc-cvs@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: docs-team@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: db3a462f-22aa-4c56-b504-5fd15312fa27 X-Archives-Hash: b6417ecc3f9bbec3b6bb32bfa92676c2 nightmorph 10/06/14 20:23:53 Modified: hb-install-about.xml Log: clarify the bit about using non-Gentoo installation media. users do hav= e to go to the altinstall guide for extra documentation, as non-Gentoo CD= s are unsupported. in response to bug 323973. Revision Changes Path 1.45 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-about.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-about.xml?rev=3D1.45&view=3Dmarkup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-about.xml?rev=3D1.45&content-type=3Dtext/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/hand= book/hb-install-about.xml?r1=3D1.44&r2=3D1.45 Index: hb-install-about.xml =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-about= .xml,v retrieving revision 1.44 retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45 --- hb-install-about.xml 26 Jan 2009 07:57:35 -0000 1.44 +++ hb-install-about.xml 14 Jun 2010 20:23:53 -0000 1.45 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ =20 - + =20 =20 @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ handbook. =20 -9.0 -2008-04-01 +9.1 +2010-06-14 =20
Introduction @@ -125,15 +125,24 @@

You can install Gentoo in many different ways. You can download and inst= all from one of our Installation CDs, from a distribution already installed, from= a -bootable CD (such as Knoppix), from a netbooted environment, from a resc= ue -floppy, etc. +non-Gentoo bootable CD (such as Knoppix), from a netbooted environment, = from +a rescue floppy, etc.

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-This document covers the installation using a Gentoo Installation CD or,= in -certain cases, NetBooting. This installation assumes that you want to in= stall -the latest available version of each package. If you want to perform a -networkless installation, you should read the Gentoo Installation CD<= /e> or, +in certain cases, netbooting. This installation assumes that you want to= install +the latest available version of each package. +

+ + +For help on the other installation approaches, including using non-Gento= o CDs, +please read our Alternative Install= ation +Guide. + + +

+If you want to perform a networkless installation, you should read the <= uri link=3D"/doc/en/handbook/2008.0/">Gentoo 2008.0 Handbooks which co= ntain the installation instructions for a networkless environment.=20

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-For help on the other installation approaches, please read our Alternative Installation Guide. We= also=20 -provide a Gentoo Instal= lation=20 -Tips & Tricks document that might be useful to read as well. I= f you -feel that the current installation instructions are too elaborate, feel = free=20 -to use our Quick Installation Guide available from our Documentation Resources if your archite= cture -has such a document available. +We also provide a Gento= o +Installation Tips & Tricks document that might be useful to re= ad as +well. If you are an experienced Gentoo user and just need a brief instal= lation +checklist, feel free to use our Quick Installation Guide available from = our Documentation Resources if your archite= cture has +such a document available.

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