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 5C544138924 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 01:10:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EABFFE05F1; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 01:10:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9675EE04C8 for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 01:10:44 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxAk/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDiGGFHYgOhX6IcIFegxU X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFG4rxAk/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBsEtjWGCSGEDiGGFHYgOhX6IcIFegxU X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="836052" Received: from 184-175-16-36.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([184.175.16.36]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 08 Feb 2013 20:10:42 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:10:37 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 20:10:37 -0500 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] multiple installs Message-ID: <20130209011037.GA11071@waltdnes.org> References: 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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 37a98df3-0b7e-49b6-9fe3-b1544fdea97f X-Archives-Hash: 131896357411ccdbe6d39109d81dd9fa On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 07:46:34PM +0000, James wrote > I suspect there is way to dd an image right to a > (pre-formatted) hard drive just like you would a flash drive? Are the machines identical (cpu/gpu/peripherals)? I.e. can you use the same USE flags and kernel configs on them? If so, running dd off a master image could work. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications