On 22 Mar 2003 16:48:19 +0100
Lars J Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> i have a 10gb ext2 partition for it already, it's going to share a 2gb
> swap  partition with my other distributions, i was more thinking about
> what would have to be set up to get an environment closely enough
> resembling the one you get from booting from a stage1 cd and how to get
> it all started.
> 

Unless you do not have the ability in your current kernel, I would strongly recommend 
using ext3 for the g2 partition.  You don't really want a non-journaled fs!

g2 recommends a /boot partition, but you do not have to use one.

You could also split your area into 5g for the / partition and 5g for a /home partion 
before you start.  In this case you would mount it similar to the recommended /boot 
partiton.

You don't really need to worry much about the environment, if your current environment 
supports communications.  Just follow the instructions about untarring the g2 stuff to 
your new / partition, mounting /proc, copying resolv.conf, and chrooting.  From this 
point on, your work in the chroot environment will be relatively unrelated to your 
current system.  As long as you do the chroot stuff from another console or an Xterm, 
you can continue to use your system while the chroot stuff chugs away in the 
background.

Good luck.

--
Collins


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