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 1RzvgD-0006sb-2F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:47:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25FF1E1737; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:47:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52A9DE1729 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:46:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcit16 with SMTP id it16so6419976bkc.40 for ; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.205.121.16 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.205.121.16; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mikemol@gmail.com designates 10.205.121.16 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mikemol@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=mikemol@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.205.121.16]) by 10.205.121.16 with SMTP id ga16mr2129422bkc.104.1329853562465 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=AIUVaiYHRkdBHYSlhfK7L/QQO2817h+AapHZmtJKAvg=; b=sIk8imNIPFgYeOFfdKFtjJpsXaTLgih8DjVJ7KguuGJVUdWaBfEUz3iEhNoC07yq8v HYYFVwyKdJI1DfPJKZkcfUTJclKkBzogzxodp/LYQ73wto5/Ri7YF4HOnxgJg63Psmfl ScQIb6j2dqAWFBIJBgbRwFYW0wISY3sXIWfkE= 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 Received: by 10.205.121.16 with SMTP id ga16mr1704221bkc.104.1329853562392; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.124.129 with HTTP; Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:46:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:46:02 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo Raid install via ubuntu From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 0c949932-0179-4076-8044-5bc5260c8489 X-Archives-Hash: 5a93c8c59057ee4953cf920932b2b118 On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 2:39 PM, James wrote: > Hello, > > Well someone has suggested that to install Gentoo on a Raid system, > just use the latest version of Ubuntu to set up the raid. Then > you can do a traditional install on top of the Ubuntu and > you have a RAID install of Gentoo. > > Is this practical? > > Has anyone installed gentoo on ubuntu raid install? > If so, your experiences? I haven't tried anything that way, but is sounds like using Ubuntu as a fancy bootstrap to replace the Gentoo live boot environment, and seems unnecessary. Have you tried the Gentoo live DVD? -- :wq