On 10:22 Tue 01 Mar , Bo Grimes wrote: > Bill Davidson wrote: > > >Yes, you can do this. In fact, if you follow the alternate install guide > >in the gentoo handbook, you can install gentoo from your other distro. > > Regarding the above, I have been reading the handbook and saw that > possibility. My primary concern right now isn't to just get Gentoo > running; it's to get a real Linux education. Would installing from my > current distro accomplish that just as well, y'all think?
I'd say so. One of the main advantages however is that you have a running system while installing gentoo. Installation from a live cd means that unless you have another machine, you have to wait until gentoo is installed before you can do anything. My $0.02 Bill -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
