From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3831 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 21:18:46 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2004 21:18:46 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.41) id 1Cb3mH-00000A-Sy for arch-gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 21:18:45 +0000 Received: (qmail 7803 invoked by uid 89); 5 Dec 2004 21:18:30 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-user-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 8198 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2004 21:18:29 +0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=W6nePDZ3P/HgVn50D9WCVIaeZwdoS7OBBY4WJbh0/IFV8cYfkkZI22PZ+U/yVdfxjkziw/fdVKg6hjl1cL+MnViqurqlNFb2N8PVhov+G2vY/vPbdmTssE/SY5e+nFULGrBJaQr7A3eCVUirLVCghSwbHTyaXgCce8jBCPpTAds= Message-ID: <49bf44f104120513187e96648d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:18:23 -0800 From: Grant Reply-To: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <41B359F4.1090700@colannino.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <49bf44f1041205101223ad79bc@mail.gmail.com> <41B35026.10905@gentoo.org> <49bf44f1041205104740d5e834@mail.gmail.com> <41B359F4.1090700@colannino.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg on my server (talk me out if it?) X-Archives-Salt: 6945740f-b0a2-476c-b7e4-e724b1b27a5f X-Archives-Hash: 6f89413d8581aad83756f90bd03c2b71 > >> <>I'm definitely still a beginner. A chroot would allow me to do this? > >> Would I even need VMware in that case? > >> > >> What I'd like to be able to do is copy my current Gentoo server system > >> over to something (chroot, VMware, UML) and test emerges and > >> etc-updates on it to make sure nothing is broken. I would like to be > >> able to to test kernel changes, but I can live without it. UML > >> actually won't work at all because I use the hardened-sources. > > > > You'll be able to test just about everything except kernel changes. For > kernel changes, you'll need either VMWare or another machine. > That sounds pretty good to me. I'm sorry to persist, but I'd like to make sure this will work for me before I delve in. What do you mean by "just about everything"? All I really need to be able to do is browse the test version of my website and make sure everything is working OK after making the changes. Ideally, everything in the test version of my OS would be working exactly the same way as it does in the live version. What would the differences be with this chroot setup? For example, with VMware, the hardware is virtualized so you can't be sure there won't be hardware issues with the live version. - Grant > James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list