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On Monday 02 February 2004 20:27, Emiliano Brunetti wrote:
> 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?
If you mount the Gentoo CD from your existing Linux and copy the kernel and
initrd you want, you can add those to whatever bootloader you are currently
using. The included initrd will search all cdroms for the compressed
loopback, so if the cdrom is detected you should have no problems. I think
you need to pass "dopcmcia" in the kernel options for pcmcia detection.
As for being able to restart if anything goes wrong... If you are happy to use
your existing partitions, you can move the existing linux out once you have
booted and just keep the bootloader stuff where it is. If you run into any
problems, you should be able to boot off the cd again. If you give up
altogether, you can move your existing linux back to its original locations.
Regards,
Jason Stubbs
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