From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFtNu-0007hZ-NY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:20:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1131DE0442; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:20:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF1BCE0442 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:20:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 45CE728B978 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:20:34 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic queries regarding installation from an outsider looking in Message-ID: <20090614182034.6be404b9@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4A34F5BC.5090500@gmail.com> References: <4A34D8DA.5010902@gmail.com> <20090614121156.1de87564@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> <4A34F5BC.5090500@gmail.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1cvs74 (GTK+ 2.16.1; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/HB/r+hj_tVxxp9N9Y0wkuH/"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 3cdaa428-d632-4c02-918a-c67d9fadb84f X-Archives-Hash: b90493f4f89f02b6aa0fff3a9bffdb81 --Sig_/HB/r+hj_tVxxp9N9Y0wkuH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:06:04 +0100, AG wrote: > > Look at the alternate install docs. Although these relate to using a > > live CD like Knoppix, you can also use an already installed system > > for this. So you can install Gentoo from a chroot in your existing > > Debian system (you will may a live CD to repartition). That way you > > can not only read the docs, you can read your email, browse the web > > or play games while the installation proceeds. > Hmm ... it looks like I need to beef up my chroot know-how. My /home=20 > partition is large enough to partition a dedicated area without > problems I'd imagine. That sounds a reasonably painless way forward, > but not for now. I think you nay mis-understand the standard install process. it's done in a chroot anyway. The only difference is that the system from which you enter the chroot is your existing distro and not a live CD. That's exactly how I installed Gentoo on this computer. --=20 Neil Bothwick There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants; and the other is getting it. - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) --Sig_/HB/r+hj_tVxxp9N9Y0wkuH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAko1MWoACgkQum4al0N1GQNFhQCfR46RFg7iQsY5+wD9tnwjb2xo 7pQAoNbnt7+CzjVAFVMzw+d++nTw+Slm =5m90 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/HB/r+hj_tVxxp9N9Y0wkuH/--