[gentoo-user] 2007.0 CD - 2008.0 install
Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, etc., are now gone from the servers. Thanks, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2007.0 CD - 2008.0 install
On Friday 02 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, etc., are now gone from the servers. There shouldn't be a problem. Aside from the fact that a LiveCD is quite a complex thing, as far as installation goes it's sole purpose is to provide an environment where you can unpack a stage3 and chroot into it. When you have chrooted, you are essentially in a self-contained environment and all that is left of the original environment is the kernel it provides. The build system is provided entirely by the chroot and nothing in user space can come from or be influenced by what's outside it (this is the entire point of chroot). As long as 2008.0 beta2 can work nicely with the kernel on 2007.0 LiveCD, it must work exactly as designed. It's hard to imagine a way this wouldn't be the case. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2007.0 CD - 2008.0 install
On Friday 02 May 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 02 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, etc., are now gone from the servers. There shouldn't be a problem. Aside from the fact that a LiveCD is quite a complex thing, as far as installation goes it's sole purpose is to provide an environment where you can unpack a stage3 and chroot into it. When you have chrooted, you are essentially in a self-contained environment and all that is left of the original environment is the kernel it provides. Well, plus all running services/daemons unless you take them down after chrooting and bring them up again within the chroot. This can be a life saver. I have my portage tree on box A while box B NFS mounts it. At one stage, NFS versions of A and B got so out of sync, B couldn't NFS mount /usr/portage any more. A LiveCD with an NFS version matching (well, at least fitting) the one on box A was my path to salvation. ;-) The build system is provided entirely by the chroot and nothing in user space can come from or be influenced by what's outside it (this is the entire point of chroot). This, of course, is absolutely true. Uwe -- Ignorance killed the cat, sir, curiosity was framed! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2007.0 CD - 2008.0 install
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Uwe Thiem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 02 May 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Friday 02 May 2008, Mark Knecht wrote: Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? At this moment I'm doing the tar xjf portage-latest step and noticed the inconsistency. Apparently all the 2007.0 snapshots, etc., are now gone from the servers. There shouldn't be a problem. Aside from the fact that a LiveCD is quite a complex thing, as far as installation goes it's sole purpose is to provide an environment where you can unpack a stage3 and chroot into it. When you have chrooted, you are essentially in a self-contained environment and all that is left of the original environment is the kernel it provides. Well, plus all running services/daemons unless you take them down after chrooting and bring them up again within the chroot. This can be a life saver. I have my portage tree on box A while box B NFS mounts it. At one stage, NFS versions of A and B got so out of sync, B couldn't NFS mount /usr/portage any more. A LiveCD with an NFS version matching (well, at least fitting) the one on box A was my path to salvation. ;-) The build system is provided entirely by the chroot and nothing in user space can come from or be influenced by what's outside it (this is the entire point of chroot). This, of course, is absolutely true. Uwe Thanks guys. I've finished the install and attempted to boot. My first kernel failed at some point I've not run into before complaining about IO_APIC vectors. I'm searching around in Google for what might have caused that and building a new kernel in parallel. The good sign is the machine is starting to show some life. I need to put the dual boot stuff in grub.conf and make sure Windows is still booting, and then get this kernel issue worked out. Thanks for all your inputs today. Cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] 2007.0 CD - 2008.0 install
Am Freitag, 2. Mai 2008 schrieb Mark Knecht: Before I waste a lot of time I just noticed that I'm using a 2007.0 install CD but downloading and setting up a 2008.0 beta2 system. Is there any problem building the 2008.0 system files using whatever I get when I chroot into the new installation? No. You can use what ever LiveCD you like to install Gentoo. Last time, I used GRML. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
