SUSE 9.0 mumblings

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:05:00 -0500
Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:

> Perhaps you could tell me what to get to install Gentoo?  I'd like to
> try it but the last time I did I couldn't make heads or tails of the
> various ISO images and starting points, etc....
> 

Simple (though time-consuming):
Look for a stage1 tarball and d/l it.
Choose a large (suggest 5+Mb) empty partition, format as desired and
mount.
cd into that partition.
untar the tarball
follow the instructions on the Gentoo site, but basically:
chroot into the Gentoo partition (chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash)
run env-update and source /etc/profile
emerge sync
cd /usr/portage
run scripts/bootstrap (or something like that)
come back tomorrow and continue w/ installation per the gentoo site.

I do this from a VT so I can log out X and let my kids play while the
compile goes on.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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