On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:03:51 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:

> > If you're installing to a new disk, do a standard Gentoo install to
> > that disk, but do it from your working setup  instead of the live CD
> > environment. Your existing installation has all the tools you need to
> > build a new setup in a chroot.  
> 
> I'm having a bit of a thick skulled problem understanding what you
> mean above.
> 
> I can't think of how I would do a fresh install to a new disk from a
> working vmware guest on a different machine or even on the same
> machine for that matter.

The subject mentions a new disk, and your original post mentioned
installing anew for a machine you want to keep running, so I took it that
the new disk goes in the old computer.

So boot your existing Gentoo setup as usual, then follow the handbook to
install on the new disk. You do not have to boot from a live CD to
install Gentoo, and suitable working Linux environment will do the job,
and an existing Gentoo installation is more than suitable.


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