From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MTD3O-0003mu-4I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:58:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92436E02B5; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com [81.103.221.47]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AE5BE02B5 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.35]) by mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vM.7.08.04.00 201-2186-134-20080326) with ESMTP id <20090721105835.RZZH6742.mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com> for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:58:35 +0100 Received: from sol.anferny.me.uk ([82.3.168.124]) by aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com (InterMail vG.2.02.00.01 201-2161-120-102-20060912) with ESMTP id <20090721105835.GLJK13254.aamtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@sol.anferny.me.uk> for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:58:35 +0100 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by sol.anferny.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7244E5AFF8A for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:57:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at anferny.me.uk Received: from sol.anferny.me.uk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (anferny.me.uk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id IyeSP59jyPaM for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:57:26 +0100 (BST) Received: from [10.4.1.101] (unknown [77.89.142.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sol.anferny.me.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7454B4AA859 for ; Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:57:26 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4A659F4F.6040108@anferny.me.uk> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:58:23 +0100 From: Nevynxxx User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090707) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from another Linux distro References: <49bf44f10907210344t720fd57fq97fa2bc439b99697@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10907210344t720fd57fq97fa2bc439b99697@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: url= Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig4CF3551F587ADA9ED88A8344" X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=K-HhJPFnh6EA:10 a=7mOBRU54AAAA:8 a=tEQPAl_0LEN1IQfhYgQA:9 a=bVS6MMBJtpAxYI-zjtwA:7 a=N6lNNFhxZe3Rq2L0780Hh5mj_t8A:4 a=pEeA6iCSmfTPsUDs:21 a=9-2apJIu3mRKekMC:21 a=xe8BsctaAAAA:8 a=W1zRfO4ID9KpOVm0EsoA:9 a=j3rNuMmShXlgE6Q1DCilN9TdytsA:4 X-Archives-Salt: 78e99941-b8e4-4f95-86ef-6b3fc11e625f X-Archives-Hash: 869146ba61b8d3426c47eb59b33d0b1c This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4CF3551F587ADA9ED88A8344 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Grant wrote: > I'm getting ready for a remote Gentoo install. I'd like to avoid any > sort of CD/USB/floppy usage. I can select a variety of different > distros to be preinstalled on the system. Can I end up with the same > Gentoo system installing from another distro as I can from a LiveCD? > I've read over: > > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5 > > and it sounds like I may not be able to end up with one big root > partition like this: > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 1 5 40131 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 6 68 506047+ 82 Linux swap / So= laris > /dev/sda3 69 19457 155742142+ 83 Linux > > If the preinstalled distro has a partition table like this, I won't be > able to make a separate partition for Gentoo. If the preinstalled > distro has separate large partitions, I will be able to install Gentoo > on one of the partitions, but I won't ever be able to set up a > partition table like the above with one big root partition. > > Is that correct or do I have this all wrong? > > - Grant > > =20 That is basically correct, you can't remove the root partition, while it is in use.... What you could do though, depending on how big that boot partition is, is copy the live CD to the boot partition, set a boot option to boot that as the root, and then do your normal install in the main big partition..... I've never done, or tried this, but it should work....The minimal install cd is ~50MB I think.... All that said, I'm an LVM guy myself, and like to have a few partitions about for different things depensding on the machines usage. :) --------------enig4CF3551F587ADA9ED88A8344 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpln1IACgkQLo7y3ajqE2gIQwCeIgRg5GaX4TUquducLar9y0O1 ZCEAnAveU0vvE4tBNtnwdCuT44Vs7WYd =yzIN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4CF3551F587ADA9ED88A8344--