From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6sh1-0005XT-07 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:29:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7LGRfSl020663; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:27:41 GMT Received: from smtp-2u-1g.atlantic.net (smtp-2u-1g.atlantic.net [209.208.0.105]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7LGNtFF032304 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:23:56 GMT Received: (qmail 27315 invoked by uid 0); 21 Aug 2005 16:24:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO croatus) (209.208.34.71) by smtp-2u-1g.atlantic.net with SMTP; 21 Aug 2005 16:24:27 -0000 From: "John Dangler" To: Subject: [gentoo-user] what's next Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:24:24 -0400 Message-ID: <00bb01c5a66c$ce659610$0501a8c0@croatus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j7LGNtFF032304 X-Archives-Salt: c171ae3c-7aa3-4d4b-a61b-b87e63e8f055 X-Archives-Hash: 3ce8912754dc139cf884b72684cc4313 So far, I have a stage 2 install with 2.6.12-r9, wireless (ipw2100), intel modem (compiled in) and alsa (compiled in) on a dell inspiron 8600. All is functioning well. I have the basic system installed and updated on my laptop. Aside from the problem of the splash, everything seems to be well. I'm wondering what direction to go next? I'd like a good backup solution w/boot capability, but mondo is right out! It's too flaky at the moment. I'd like to get a backup of the system at this stage before adding a desktop environment, so that I have somewhere to go back to in case of a bork (either from software or operator error) I'm also thinking that some security would be in order here (anti-virus at least, but I've also read about others like port sentry, iptables, etc). As always, any input is greatly appreciated. John D -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list