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 1RzzEK-0004sw-97 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:34:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C917CE1420; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:34:29 +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 24D4BE1B54 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:33:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (yooden.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1E00880763 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:33:27 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:33:21 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Raid install via ubuntu Message-ID: <20120221233321.3a99864c@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <20120221200726.1489233f@digimed.co.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0cvs29 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-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_/m53PUC6VQiGtUrRtGOchZK7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: ceb3765d-bad9-4a49-bca6-0ee4d15c9b81 X-Archives-Hash: 87d2e56ec7966ce29093a2533411c992 --Sig_/m53PUC6VQiGtUrRtGOchZK7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:40:39 -0500, Michael Mol wrote: > > Is it the only running machine and you con only do the install sitting > > at the machine? =20 >=20 > Occasionally that's the most convenient approach, sure. Especially > when physical space is tight, or when the new box has much larger > display[s] available to it. Or when installing on a laptop that you need to be able to use away from base during that time. > > I once used Ubuntu to get a PowerPC machine booting Linux, then > > studied how Ubuntu did and did my Gentoo install from scratch on a > > different partition until it worked at which time I removed Ubuntu. =20 >=20 > Note I never said I used Ubuntu for this process. I was using the > Gentoo live DVD. I don't see the need to use an Ubuntu disc over a > Gentoo disc, in this case. Note that I didn't say it was an Ubuntu live CD. I installed Ubuntu to the hard disc, which gave me a usable machine very quickly. Then I could do productive stuff on it while running the Gentoo installation in the background. --=20 Neil Bothwick And then Adam said, "What's a headache? --Sig_/m53PUC6VQiGtUrRtGOchZK7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk9EKcUACgkQum4al0N1GQNvmQCfRjphP2dcDD6SOvUt8uCne768 RZwAn3KlFyX4Ig5BTtFjhEMw8YMaD931 =dspM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/m53PUC6VQiGtUrRtGOchZK7--