Why don't you first try the rpm2targz tool? You might be able to have it installed in gentoo :-) Of course if everything go well we might be able to cook an ebuild or something for the others who want to try it.
On 09 Jun 2003 19:46:37 +0100 Dan Fairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to play with the new Ximian Desktop. Since Gentoo isn't a > supported distro (due to its merciful choice not to use rpm) I'm > looking for a way to install a supported distro without > repartitioning. > > I was thinking of doing something like creating a directory to be the > 'root' of (for the sake of argument) a Red Hat install, chrooting into > it, running the Red Hat installer, and then configuring GRUB to have > an option for the Red Hat system. Would this work (probably not...)? > > Or should I be looking at something like User-Mode Linux (hey, why not > integrate playing with a load of other stuff to get this working ;) ? > > Does anyone have any input on how this might be done without > repartitioning? > > Cheers, > Dan > > -- > Dan Fairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > spiderplant.net > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
