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 7F945138010 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC0A0E0A9B; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:36:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f50.google.com (mail-wg0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 50D9DE099D for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f50.google.com with SMTP id k13so2040991wgh.5 for ; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:36:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Zy/DCWpY8Q4RIVcSkrhmWQ8DEnx2hCwNWElrI1mUtUI=; b=o3Wgpz4Mv3Wr4Cv81L4dKy6TSgPTQtr9tmzUlIGhvSLCQYNXX8e3HkYJfahxeDsRY/ +fJRTSM0NC09ceSFcNvqIR82/tkN2uZZ38mnqwUlf4o7MCw7msg98QmxJdjpWDDzxKT+ gvdy3zXlxrx3soJxnkdK+OjiZsxcHDnTvBiIfQVFVFnnnimTWdj4jUPCEyjSkqG1Lkx4 Xy3K1vWkrzqeHVXeKoKnvoG3rcuBe66gNBY2jFTiJ/+FUGe/aJLj2lHyV2vpWSuzDUxm ZHxtl0VIxqZtI6mzh3J+TozxqGxjVC5v0TeOCDE/FbZ3fHrU8xQKUPdJ45+L+qMXST1t sWbQ== X-Received: by 10.180.109.82 with SMTP id hq18mr2996899wib.0.1365017808972; Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-215-203-210.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.203.210]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n2sm26914585wiy.6.2013.04.03.12.36.46 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <515C84C5.1050005@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:36:37 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130327 Thunderbird/17.0.4 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] Re: stage3 only for i486? References: <515B2EDC.6090206@gmail.com> <515B3F5C.2070306@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 20389fda-3883-4a5c-87fe-50e5d75547a6 X-Archives-Hash: 7c2172d4087b0682a481e6c26ccdba81 On 03/04/2013 20:44, James wrote: > i486....................interesting........ > I would point out that there has been much discussion > (gentoo-dev and elsewhere) bout changing the install > manuals to system-rescue based. Over the years the installation > options have mutiplied, to say the least. It seems everybody > has there own approach. Gentoo is like golf: > eventually everybody sinks the putt....... nobody (sane) keeps score! I have my own view on that. I'd say the handbook should just tell people to make a chroot in any old distro of their choice. Personally, I use RiplinuX, mostly because I've used it for years The reason I say Gentoo shouldn't worry about installers is that the typical person installing Gentoo already knows about chroots. Someone who doesn't is unlikely to consider Gentoo at all (unless they are looking to rice, but we long since moved past that). This idea will of course not be popular, I'll be told I'm trying to be elitist, and so the search for the perfect installer will continue unabated -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com