[gentoo] installation

[Brett I. Holcomb]

I'd suggest you spend some time at the Gentoo website and read the install guides several times if you haven't already.  They do explain what is happening pretty well - including how to get XFS installed.

On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 17:20:42 +0800
"m.w.chang" <mwchang at mail.hongkong.com> wrote:

> here
> 
> Code listing 9.2: Getting ready for GRP
> 
> # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/GRP
> # mount -o bind /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/packages /mnt/gentoo/GRP
> 
> hmm... maybe I need to read something on the anotomy of the gentoo
> distribution. I possibly missed a few pages in the user guide.
> 
> > I do not know what GRP is. In what context have you read this?
> 
> I supposed if I use stage3 from the LiveCD, nothing needs to be
> downloaded from the net, right?
> 
> If I do everything from source codes (ie, everything pulled from net),
> the installation process may take a whole day if not more. I would also
> need a spare machine with a reliable ISP for that. That's comparable >