From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@poluan.info>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:57:29 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAA2qdGVR6M8XJUYNoke0MwXiy6gOQYjSZ7HCv5=4MDHexychiQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r53dd69x.fsf@newsguy.com>
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On Sep 19, 2011 2:04 AM, "Harry Putnam" <reader@newsguy.com> wrote:
>
> I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping
> an ISO into a known partition,.
>
> I'm not getting much from google on this search string:
> install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say:
>
> I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo
> jumbo like this one:
>
> http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/06/boot-livecd-iso-image-from-hdd/305
>
> I can follow that alright but first wanted to make sure there
> is not a well established mainstream way of doing it.
>
Well, AFAIK all you need for installation are chroot, the latest stage3, and
portage-latest. So if you already have a bootable Linux system with a
chroot, you're good to go.
Rgds,
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-18 19:01 [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it Harry Putnam
2011-09-18 19:18 ` Poncho
2011-09-19 0:39 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2011-09-19 6:57 ` Pandu Poluan [this message]
2011-09-19 12:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Mol
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