Jerry McBride <mcbrides9 <at> comcast.net> writes:
> I keep a master copy of a generic gentoo install on a dvd. It's configured > and > compiled as x86, i686 for both the applications and kernel. I build all the > kernel drivers I would ever need and update it as needed with each new round > of hardware purchases or driver updates. Then when I need to put another > gentoo box online, I simply copy the contents of the dvd to the new > harddrive, run grub and install the boot loader onto the new drive and I'm > done the hard part. Once done, I pop the new drive into the new computer and > boot it up. At the commandline I finish tailoring the install by tweaking USE > in make.conf and recompiling, but only as necessary. Add in whatever drivers > is needs and I'm done... It's worked everytime I've done this... YMMV. :') Hello Jerry, Did you use catalyst? http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/faq.xml Are you using or planing on using the new 'autobuilds'? How will autobuilds affect your method for installation? http://mirror.yandex.ru/gentoo-distfiles/releases/amd64/autobuilds/ I too, have similar needs so any further details you care to share are of keen interest to others. James
