[gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread felix
Got a new laptop at work,, running Linux instead of Mac, yay! Unfortunately, it comes with Ubuntu installed, boo! But I split the 500GB drive into two parts, began a gentoo install in the second half, and now I am stalled. The main purpose of the laptop is to run Centos 6.2 in a KVM image so

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:33:25 -0700 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: Got a new laptop at work,, running Linux instead of Mac, yay! Unfortunately, it comes with Ubuntu installed, boo! But I split the 500GB drive into two parts, began a gentoo install in the second half, and now I am stalled. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread felix
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:40:32AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Just bite the bullet, shut the machine down and do the install properly - you know you need to do it. I can't quite fathom why you think a laptop of all things must be on 24/7. if that were true, it would be a server in your data

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 25 September 2012 23:40:32 Alan McKinnon wrote: How come is there never enough time to do the job properly, but always enough time to do it over when it breaks? The first 50% of the project takes the first 90% of the time, and the second 50% takes the other 90%. -- Rgds Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:44 -0700 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:40:32AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Just bite the bullet, shut the machine down and do the install properly - you know you need to do it. I can't quite fathom why you think a laptop of all things