Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Isern Palaus Montasell
Hi meewi, But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for installing Gentoo from a distance when using an ssh connection. I think that it's easy. You need ssh access and a livecd (for example) to start installation like your computre. Simply i think. I the remote compture you need

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:36, meewi wrote: I would like install Gentoo on my hosting-server. I have full root access and running Gentoo on my desktop for more then a year now. But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for installing Gentoo from a distance when using an ssh

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 11/1/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:36, meewi wrote: I would like install Gentoo on my hosting-server. I have full root access and running Gentoo on my desktop for more then a year now. But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Tim Garton
I've thought about doing this sort of thing in the past and I think it would be pretty tricky if you want to do this completely remotely. (meaning not using an installation cd) This is how I thought about doing it: Resize the partitions on your current hosting server to free up enough space to

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread meewi
Hi Isern, First, no need to be sorry. Helping is very much more appreciated and respected. Only thing is. I have no CD-drive. The only way I can reach the server is over the net. Cheers, William. Op Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:58:46 +0100 schreef Isern Palaus Montasell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi meewi,

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread meewi
Hi Tim, That's spot on. At least as far as I know. The reason why I want to give it a go, is that Gentoo is the only distribution so far that managed to keep on running without screwing itself up. In other words, the only stable one. For almost two years now I have Gentoo running at home, with

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Tim Garton
meewi, One other thing to be careful of is always making sure you have networking configured before each reboot to make sure the new partition/setup you boot into works correctly. It would be a bummer to get gentoo completely partitioned and setup correctly, but forget to change /etc/conf.d/net to

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Novensiles divi Flamen
That partition shrinking method is described here : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Convert_A_RedHat_Server_to_Gentoo_Remotely Good luck with it! - Noven -- -- Novensiles divi Flamen -- Miles Militis Fons pgp8MutW8E2jJ.pgp Description: PGP signature