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 1EA5Mz-0005Tg-MS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:37:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7UCXNoj025067; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:33:23 GMT Received: from mail.t-systems.cz (mail.t-systems.cz [212.67.76.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7UCPD3G025325 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:25:13 GMT Received: from mefisto.t-systems.cz (faust.t-systems.cz [10.246.110.12]) by mail.t-systems.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 662B989E8B for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:27:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andre.t-systems.cz ([10.246.112.240]) by mefisto.t-systems.cz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:27:09 +0200 Received: andre.t-systems.cz 10.246.112.240 from 10.246.112.176 10.246.112.176 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 Received: from frankies by andre.t-systems.cz; 30 Aug 2005 14:27:11 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing on a Mini ATX From: Frank Schafer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <43144B51.20009@planet.nl> References: <1125402805.5867.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43144B51.20009@planet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:27:11 +0200 Message-Id: <1125404831.5867.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> 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 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Aug 2005 12:27:09.0201 (UTC) FILETIME=[23F97810:01C5AD5E] X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-5.844, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.06, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: frank.schafer@t-systems.cz X-Archives-Salt: 17693cbc-272a-44e3-b472-930c3aed0e21 X-Archives-Hash: 7ddea17736d42d223ec486c0b37ce3bb On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 14:04 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote: > Frank Schafer schreef: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a Mini ATX board without floppy and CD-ROM. I have a running LFS > > installed on this server. > > It has a 20GB HDD with 2 partitions and 2 network connections (Ethernet > > and WiFi). > > > > Is there some way to copy the LifeCD content to the second partition of > > this disk, boot from this partition and install Gentoo on the first > > partition? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > Frank > > > > PS: Well there are 4 partitions, (for boot, swap ans 2 native linux > > partitions ;) > > > > If the LFS install is running, you can install Gentoo from within that > (see the Alternative Installation Guide at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml ). In that case, you can > just download whatever Stage file you need, without need for the LiveCD > at all. > > Or you could boot the Live CD from a networked machine (I assume you > have two network cards for a reason, so they must connect to something > :) ) and run the Live CD from that, I think-- I don't know how to do a > network install, but I'm sure there must be a way. > > HTH, > Holly Nice reading ... 5.8. ... Mount /proc to your diskless directory and chroot into it to continue with the install. We are chrooting into /proc ??? ;) 6. ...untar the tarball that is mounted... We can mount tarballs ??? ;) So far, so god. Thanks for the replies. Making /mnt/gentoo and mount the CD via NFS could do the trick. Regards Frank -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list