Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-31 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Anthony, on Sunday, 2005-10-30 at 16:06:47, you wrote: The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the installation. My question is this: I want to replace Suse on the server with the minimal amount of

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-31 Thread Holly Bostick
Matthias Bethke schreef: Hi Anthony, on Sunday, 2005-10-30 at 16:06:47, you wrote: The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the installation. My question is this: I want to replace Suse on the server

[gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
Hi all, I am new to Gentoo, but having made a test install on one of my machines, so far I am impressed. The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the installation. My question is this: I want to replace Suse

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Repartition hdb to add root, swap and boot partition of about 10GB for root (what tools can I use in order to keep the data intact on hdb whilst partitioning?) Some softwares like partition magic can do that, but they run under doze. I'd

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 16:06 +, Anthony Roy wrote: Hi all, I am new to Gentoo, but having made a test install on one of my machines, so far I am impressed. The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my server, since it looked promising in the control I have over

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
You can boot from the suse, repartition the hdb, then chroot, and do your gentoo installation. Excellent - so really I won't even need to have server downtime while installing? I'll definitely look into this approach. Cheers, -- Ant... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can boot from the suse, repartition the hdb, then chroot, and do your gentoo installation. Excellent - so really I won't even need to have server downtime while installing? I'll definitely look into this approach. You shouldn't have any

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
Thanks for the prompt advice guys. I'll be taking it slowly - I aim to get the main installation and changeover done over Christmas when I have a little more time, and the preparation done prior to that so that I have the partitions ready to go. I'll let you know how it all went (probably be

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the prompt advice guys. I'll be taking it slowly - I aim to get the main installation and changeover done over Christmas when I have a little more time, and the preparation done prior to that so that I have the partitions ready to