Hi everybody, i'd like to install gentoo on my laptop. However, boot method is a real problem. I am new to gentoo, not so new to linux.
Unfortunately i only have a non bootable pcmcia cd-rom, so booting livecd is not an option. I don't even have an external floppy disk, it was stolen. ;) So i wonder what is the best way to get gentoo on my laptop. I already have a linux system up and running, and i can tweak grub in order to boot with specific boot images and then read iso images from an external usb disc. It worked pretty well. I don't know how to configure grub to make it look like i am booting from livecd or even from minimal stage 1 cd. Tried some entries but it didn't work. Searched with google and didn't find much on the topic. Moreover, i need to be sure that i can boot properly and run the installation until the end. Should anything fail, i'd be without a running linux on my laptop and so it would be really hard to install something over again, as i have no boot device and i always need to configure grub to do this job. Can somebody on this list point me to some useful information or even tell me how this could be done? Thanks a lot E. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
