From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IUkMa-0001JE-I8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:35:45 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8AERJta032217; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:27:19 GMT Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8AENEcO027460 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:23:15 GMT Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so2703598pyb for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:23:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=u5pFt2OMfD5KlZJMA31XKnQ2MWBg6iM7l0MBYpz9p+8=; b=E04fcbc5PXd032+oNWlhn39nTlloOKOA0rz+KdLuW+2V5kRr3YIWQAmZB1M/qV/Q2vMHTPr/qIA+ezyUzZCf6ChTACVbdb6pos6/56eVKZ3Glud5W+nOvk+o1uJJfChWBREvN9sWOOCNfcawzuQYeBeQ4KXJLjrm1WXqZV7e7iQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=V1Dbte77SkA6gSmSs3d6SKuODBL5xc/1FAr2ny6YkAfRioPQpD0pU3gJ6d+r5NRQ4c9WqDJHmSqx4LBhPjx82nSCKaNFJEeA69KkakNNkY2cRjo6TKkPWKYPv6U+Sh/rEbk7tJKaPG0UjGqMVRoyHu82vu5gRTseSnhargpoKew= Received: by 10.65.211.16 with SMTP id n16mr9570093qbq.1189434192168; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.124.11 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:23:12 -0300 From: "Rafael Barrera Oro" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo 2007.0 installer problem (unpacking the stage tarball takes forever) In-Reply-To: <46E50135.1050604@electronsweatshop.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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_10390_29223980.1189434192163" References: <342e1090709061308i656ff33m41ed098b72a66c0@mail.gmail.com> <28701ea60709061321m4949bc74pf5dd03f2ec98e21c@mail.gmail.com> <200709070947.08292.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <46E50135.1050604@electronsweatshop.com> X-Archives-Salt: 2b179030-7a35-4ea2-9931-988215faf8ab X-Archives-Hash: 580877224829958d121ca01aca09967f ------=_Part_10390_29223980.1189434192163 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline True, but my point is that when you need to have a workstation ready as soon as possible and you are not a linux expert (again, my case) it would be advisable to use an installer. Anyway, if you look at my previous post you will see that i tried the minimal CD and fail miserably, maybe ill re-post that error on a new thread with a more accurate subject. 2007/9/10, Randy Barlow : > > Rafael Barrera Oro wrote: > > However, when you are not a linux expert and want to > > set-up a gentoo workstation fast (my case) i think it would be > > convenient to use a graphical installer and then, with time get to know > > the basic install and all the concepts behind it. > > I would argue that you can much more efficiently learn Linux and Gentoo > by going through the install process by hand rather than using a > graphical installer. Then you see the pieces of the puzzle as they come > together! > > -- > Randy Barlow > http://electronsweatshop.com > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > ------=_Part_10390_29223980.1189434192163 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline True, but my point is that when you need to have a workstation ready as soon as possible and you are not a linux expert (again, my case) it would be advisable to use an installer. Anyway, if you look at my previous post you will see that i tried the minimal CD and fail miserably, maybe ill re-post that error on a new thread with a more accurate subject.

2007/9/10, Randy Barlow <randy@electronsweatshop.com>:
Rafael Barrera Oro wrote:
> However, when you are not a linux expert and want to
> set-up a gentoo workstation fast (my case) i think it would be
> convenient to use a graphical installer and then, with time get to know
> the basic install and all the concepts behind it.

I would argue that you can much more efficiently learn Linux and Gentoo
by going through the install process by hand rather than using a
graphical installer.  Then you see the pieces of the puzzle as they come
together!

--
Randy Barlow
http://electronsweatshop.com
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