From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FxvrL-0002iy-UI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:07:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6515CDe012077; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 01:05:12 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k650sLKA008114 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:54:22 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y38so1095502nfb for ; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:54:21 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=gRjazEmXB0F42kn4q4zGMG3wPIliHP1H+apvLk3DF/kfKyptJHb2md7LgiR3gQh04bqkmvlZTNb94/r2zhuEW4QUsslEA26qw+NC8V/2e7OiHmJmhs6m22s7oQ91esLo1tq2wC3Evzy/FBXn6m93B2yYNILntpyErsTNoFmMHE0= Received: by 10.48.235.13 with SMTP id i13mr3728999nfh; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 17:54:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.203.3 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:54:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0607041754o254e555awd26cc0f291d653d3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:54:21 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 2006.0 - no universal anymore? (use LiveCD?) In-Reply-To: <44AAE33C.8030402@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0607041158y49cf1822tc983a2336e08bf4d@mail.gmail.com> <44AAE33C.8030402@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 638b624c-bd30-4d39-9689-3d13ae18b780 X-Archives-Hash: 2fbbaa32324d683e907ae931f664d9de On 7/4/06, gentuxx wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > Hi, > > I am moving my son from FC2 to Gentoo today. I went to get an up to > > date universal CD and it seems that there isn't one. Is the preferred > > stage 3 method of install these days to use the LiveCD and then just > > go to the console and work like the old days? > > > > Currently I'm ssh-ing off all his old stuff as back. If someone > > knows of any problems or things to be careful about when working this > > way drop me a note back on or off list. > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > I'm not sure of the major differences between the liveCD and the > Universal CD. I think the Universal CD just contained mored packages > (portage snapshots, etc.). I saw the "definitions" of each CD > somewhere yesterday, but can't seem to place my finger on it now. I > think the only difference is that you have to download the portage > snapshot from the web (which isn't a bad idea anyway). The > Installation Handbook covers this. > > HTH > Thanks. By the time I saw you message I had already managed to build and reboot the machine. It's up and running but no networking yet so still to solve that one but at least it's Gentoo now. Thanks again, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list