On 21-May-07, at 5:04 AM, Ronan Mullally wrote:
Does a multi-server gentoo install require a portage tree and gcc on
each box?
No, you can use the following command:
# ROOT="/chroot" emerge <pkages you want to install> -pv
this will allow you build a new system, and it wount install the gcc packages. all you'll need is a stage 3 tarball for building, edit the /etc/make.conf to what ever setting you desire. Just keep in mind you will need to install all the programs needed for boot: base-system, grep, openssh, pam, core-utills, etc.
Is there a way to run gentoo without a portage tree on each box?
yes, if you setup a build system, using a stage3 tarball, and build your system into a directory. Portage will only be under your /usr/portage and not into the system image you're building. the good thing about using a Stage3 tarball is you can build you system on any linux system, build your system image, tarball the image, deploy and install grub on x86, yaboot on Mac PPC, silo on Sparc64.
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Karl Gustav B. Holz
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