On Monday 09 June 2003 19:46, Dan Fairs 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
There is very extensive coverage of this in the forum, sorry no link, but there is pretty similar to a project underway to make a portage overlay that could work for xd2. -- Tom Wesley Please encrypt personal replies if possible.
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