[gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[maxim wexler]

Hello everybody,

Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed with
this minimal install? 

I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs and
gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is not
very helpful.

I think I can start ppp and prepare the harddrive but
beyond that darkness looms :^(

-Maxim

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[Jeremy Olexa]

maxim wexler wrote:

>Hello everybody,
>
>Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed with
>this minimal install? 
>
>I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs and
>gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is not
>very helpful.
>
>I think I can start ppp and prepare the harddrive but
>beyond that darkness looms :^(
>  
>
Have you read the install handbooks yet? 
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=install#doc_chap2
-Jeremy
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[maxim wexler]

--- Jeremy Olexa <olex.mail.lists@gmail.com> wrote:

> maxim wexler wrote:
> 
> >Hello everybody,
> >
> >Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed with
> >this minimal install? 
> >
> >I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs
> and
> >gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is not
> >very helpful.
> >
> >I think I can start ppp and prepare the harddrive
> but
> >beyond that darkness looms :^(
> >  
> >
> Have you read the install handbooks yet? 
> 

Yes. To paraphrase what I found: "if you want you can
use the minimal install CD." If you got a link to
something a trifle more verbose I'd sure like to
follow it.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=install#doc_chap2
> -Jeremy
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[John Jolet]

On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:23 PM, maxim wexler wrote:

>
>
> --- Jeremy Olexa <olex.mail.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> maxim wexler wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed with
>>> this minimal install?
>>>
>>> I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs
>> and
>>> gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is not
>>> very helpful.
>>>
>>> I think I can start ppp and prepare the harddrive
>> but
>>> beyond that darkness looms :^(
>>>
>>>
>> Have you read the install handbooks yet?
>>
>
> Yes. To paraphrase what I found: "if you want you can
> use the minimal install CD." If you got a link to
> something a trifle more verbose I'd sure like to
> follow it.

the only difference (and this is spelled out in the install docs) is  
that instead of using the snapshot and stage file from the cd, you  
download it (and THAT is mentioned in the docs, or was last time I  
did a gentoo install).  It says "we'll show you how to use the cd  
first, as that's the usual route", but the section after that shows  
you how to download the stage file and snapshot.  (i'm paraphrasing  
here, before anyone goes nuts on me for misquoting).
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto

[Bo Andresen]

On Friday 17 March 2006 22:23, maxim wexler wrote:
> > Have you read the install handbooks yet?
>
> Yes. To paraphrase what I found: "if you want you can
> use the minimal install CD." If you got a link to
> something a trifle more verbose I'd sure like to
> follow it.
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml?catid=install#doc_chap2

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml
Pick your architecture and start reading. It's all covered quite throughly. If 
you have a specific problem with it then tell us exactly how far you have 
gotten and what the problem is.

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 minimal install howto[RESOLVED]

[maxim wexler]

--- John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:

> 
> On Mar 17, 2006, at 3:23 PM, maxim wexler wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > --- Jeremy Olexa <olex.mail.lists@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> maxim wexler wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello everybody,
> >>>
> >>> Can someone give me a tip(s) on how to proceed
> with
> >>> this minimal install?
> >>>
> >>> I note on the CD big files such as image.squasfs
> >> and
> >>> gentoo.igz but the little on-line about them is
> not
> >>> very helpful.
> >>>
> >>> I think I can start ppp and prepare the
> harddrive
> >> but
> >>> beyond that darkness looms :^(
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Have you read the install handbooks yet?
> >>
> >
> > Yes. To paraphrase what I found: "if you want you
> can
> > use the minimal install CD." If you got a link to
> > something a trifle more verbose I'd sure like to
> > follow it.
> 
> the only difference (and this is spelled out in the
> install docs) is  
> that instead of using the snapshot and stage file
> from the cd, you  
> download it (and THAT is mentioned in the docs, or
> was last time I  
> did a gentoo install).  It says "we'll show you how
> to use the cd  
> first, as that's the usual route", but the section
> after that shows  
> you how to download the stage file and snapshot. 
> (i'm paraphrasing  
> here, before anyone goes nuts on me for misquoting).

Yeah, thanks. Once I got dialup going, I realized it
was just a matter of downloading the stage and portage
tarballs instead of taking them off the CD. 

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