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 1QKhNc-0001M3-QY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 01:41:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A5701C005; Fri, 13 May 2011 01:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net (pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net [207.69.195.71]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DCB31C005 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 01:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from user-12hck1e.cable.mindspring.com ([69.22.80.46] helo=[192.168.0.51]) by pop-siberian.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1QKhMG-0005ZY-00 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 12 May 2011 21:40:00 -0400 Message-ID: <4DCC8BF0.2050002@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 21:40:00 -0400 From: Felix Miata Organization: less than infinite User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:2.0pre) Gecko/20110411 SeaMonkey/2.1b3 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] mirrorselect on new install References: <20110512210358.GA21368@gaurahari> <4DCC7600.2010807@earthlink.net> <201105130237.33698.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201105130237.33698.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: a6315e7a274997af10c6838c9c210667 On 2011/05/13 02:37 (GMT+0200) Alan McKinnon composed: > That part of the doc assumes that the user is indeed running from the > LiveCD-like environment provided by the official installer. There are other > docs (far less verbose in their explanations) covering alternate install > sources. My actual starting point was "The Gentoo Linux alternative installation method HOWTO" . It was from its link to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4 that I wound up at the OP link after two next clicks. > Most distros provide a customized environment to do this in, usually in the > form of a bootable CD. I used a few of those many many moons ago, but have only installed in recent years using an installation kernel and initrd loaded by Grub, and usually via HTTP, rarely by a previously downloaded iso. This installation via chroot is completely new to me, though I suspect it's probably common among paid OS devs, not unique to Gentoo. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/