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 EF21A138010 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:38:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0E090E0330; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:38:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860F0E062B for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:36:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by weyu54 with SMTP id u54so4755166wey.40 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:36:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=2u/8CSQYh3Zp1w6dC1U4M4laQMw4N98jV+rGtqxcKss=; b=fTVZ+vYJd6lUhgy5GF9xPd1aCJfZxmNybLdkuk7MJh5PXeGqgiyrCi8AljWkdNSLaQ ZtlKJvEDOJ0/wTm3TJmfPkf9DQxWpS4a0ZZdqkMfKeZQ6YpMsSqJpRgF6L85oDNU2Et+ 8MSwLP3FXYj6XX9UXxezokQJa1kCdk/1TahIEfSB4LbYuqWn40NI2fliaq0/OPcRLpCC MWE2s2TxXecvEzD9azmHBjZ0sLVRF0wIlabaaBPgim2q+rGFVwcOmqkkVA4PQ4qWXAz8 X7zuKO4L0BBDTc8oXuer/YDC5cmFe6rCwI4fL2YSOYlvaRjaNJwDi35ydaC4kqL791ns ZsOA== Received: by 10.180.83.101 with SMTP id p5mr3357791wiy.2.1348616171434; Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:36:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-203-191.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.203.191]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id do5sm3322611wib.10.2012.09.25.16.36.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 01:35:02 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition Message-ID: <20120926013502.3281fe0c@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20120925225944.GB27146@crowfix.com> References: <20120925223325.GA27146@crowfix.com> <20120926004032.7998cba1@khamul.example.com> <20120925225944.GB27146@crowfix.com> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.12; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f934733a-f51c-4988-b4e1-86eab18df996 X-Archives-Hash: 340281414cd3b0bcb38adb06320c0ab6 On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:44 -0700 felix@crowfix.com wrote: > 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. No, in fact I know nothing about your job and work requirements other than that your usage pattern as described is one I have never seen or heard of before, anywhere. Now if you go back and read my mail, you will see it consists of questions, not statements. I'm actually asking you to look at what you said and see if it's really valid. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com