Update GCC from 2.95.2: 2.95.3, 3.1.1, or 3.2?

[Collins]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:18:58 -0700 "Net Llama!"
<netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> Tim Wunder wrote:
> > On Friday 20 September 2002 07:54 am, Bob Raymond wrote:
> > 
> >>On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 13:39, Tim Wunder wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> >>>OK. From what I've read on GenToo, I need to boot into it to
> >install. If>>I can install GenToo in a spare partition while
> >keeping my *real* system>>running, I'm interested. Please enlighten
> >me further. Ping me off list>>if you like.
> >>
> >>Pretty simple- create a filesystem on the spare partition, mount
> >the>Gentoo CD and the new filesystem, cd to the new filesystem,
> >unpack the>stage1, 2, or 3 tarball of your choice from the CD into
> >the new>partition, and chroot to your Gentoo partition.  Then you
> >get to start>downloading the portage tree, bootstrapping, building
> >a new kernel, and>having fun seeing what packages are there (my
> >favorite ebuilds for KDE>CVS will probably never make it into the
> >portage tree).>
> > 
> > 
> > So, if I understand you correctly, I can just make my partitions,
> > unpack the stage3 tarball, chroot to it and accomplish the same
> > thing. Or, do I *really* need the GenToo CD?
> 

It should be noted that you can do this from another tty than you are
normally using for X, so that you can swap in and out of the console
to monitor progress but keep doing whatever else you like to do while
the install cranks away behind the scenes.

> Tim, i'm serious, don't do this.  chroot'd linux installs are not a
> good idea.  Things will kinda work, but over time, it will be a
> disaster of processes dying, poor performance, and screwed up
> networking.
> 
> If you want to 'try before you buy', use User Mode Linux to do the 
> Gentoo install.

I would be curious to know the basis for this diatribe.  Both LFS and
gentoo use this method of install with no problems.  Would you care to
elaborate?

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