From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KmsGh-0005dU-K0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:45:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E8C5AE02BC; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:45:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f19.google.com (mail-gx0-f19.google.com [209.85.217.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCCBAE02BC for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:45:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk12 with SMTP id 12so5690683gxk.10 for ; Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:45:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ilxE/o5facz6vgPcOaWKyx3h6/AKBpX1L+olsz4VwP4=; b=r565w6up992hwOkK0pVMM88pyh8Tf2ykfWbkZVPh7E00TVXbRR1HhEi3OP4DJg9ycb YbgXJ95vLFrmIfkoG1f9Rh2rM6fyYwqG1DxkLuTCyJW6i/PBTKOFYKT6bdIK0TtQSk0d N5CDOB5q1nmzDHvz8ax8APChZEfnyW5gIroMk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=MnlZmX6dwhmRHyp7v/dcbTV3aJ2M5b2Re0pFo7Zp7hqubF4D86Qmk4LOew3o3PhAvE 4lagNE9yDM/SEvO8C5DJZkfozp9aMHsg+Smgsr5REz84KvgdZS44mQrXZGlE5GRsidYH APu6Ty1CV6KBWXl2tccaRsFz7X143DoT9pkJE= Received: by 10.151.156.19 with SMTP id i19mr7823641ybo.231.1223307905822; Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.122.12 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:45:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <350fc7cf0810060845s28b3b942w86b3fbf321892ddf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:45:05 -0700 From: "Andrey Falko" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive In-Reply-To: <20081006161625.36b8bb1e@robbieab.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=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10810060801q22eb4e11h125ef44199c3d903@mail.gmail.com> <20081006161625.36b8bb1e@robbieab.com> X-Archives-Salt: 9ab6b08e-2bd9-41d1-ae7d-adf105761bd4 X-Archives-Hash: 1f482fa2df6a95203ffad56f168013de On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Robert Bridge wrote: > On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:01:51 -0700 > Grant wrote: > >> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure >> how to go about it without a CD drive. I'm sure there are many exotic >> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new >> stuff to get this done. Can anyone recommend a simple method? I have >> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN >> running Gentoo. No USB drive though. > > If you already have a linux install on the machine, you could install > from that. > > -- > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > I'd just network boot it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Diskless_Install