From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DBDF138010 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:02:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B4CD21C1F1; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:01:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from crowfix.com (li35-165.members.linode.com [72.14.176.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5765D21C050 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:59:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16118 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2012 23:08:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df.crowfix.com) (10.130.13.2) by 10.130.13.1 with SMTP; 25 Sep 2012 23:08:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 7607 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Sep 2012 22:59:44 -0000 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:44 -0700 From: felix@crowfix.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition Message-ID: <20120925225944.GB27146@crowfix.com> References: <20120925223325.GA27146@crowfix.com> <20120926004032.7998cba1@khamul.example.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120926004032.7998cba1@khamul.example.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 6660b077-7186-442d-9b35-fe907b7f3066 X-Archives-Hash: 14184434d25c3e2ed3904a65bb295827 On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:40:32AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Just bite the bullet, shut the machine down and do the install properly > - you know you need to do it. > > I can't quite fathom why you think a laptop of all things must be on > 24/7. if that were true, it would be a server in your data center > surely? > > Are you real completely 100% certain that out of 168 hours a week you > can't spare 2 to get your tools in order? It's good you know so much about my job and work requirements, means I needn't waste more time educating on them. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o