Install gentoo on one PC and test. For each next PC:
-Boot both "master" PC and other PC from Gentoo Live CD -Create partitions as described in the manual on the slave PC, same partitions as on the master -Mount partitions on both PC's as in the manual, do not mount /proc yet -give a root password on the master pc, start sshd -on the slave do: rsync -av -e ssh <master.pc.addr>:/mnt/gentoo/ /mnt/gentoo/ -on the slave, mount /proc as described in the manual, do chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash -on the slave, install grub as described in the manual -remove cd and boot slave That's all, done this thousands of times Different hardware: No problem, as long as you can use the same processor optimizations for all PC's. Just compile all the neccessary drivers for the different PC's in the kernel on the master. If you want graphics acceleration, things are a lot easier if you use the same type of graphics boards in all PC's (all NVidia in my setup). IDE chipset can be compiled in the kernel (I have Intel on some VIA on others). extra steps: -while in chroot during install, rc-update del xdm default -do lspci and adapt /etc/modules.autoload/<your.kernel> -adapt /etc.modules.d/alsa do modules-update -remove cd, boot slave -adapt /etc/X11/xorg.conf, test xorg -rc-update add xdm default Good Luck On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:43:38 +0630, Minn M Soe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > I am installing Gentoo on four or five PCs. What would be the most > painless way to make installation > > 1. If they have identical hardware configuration? (partimage is the answer?) > 2. If they have different hardware configuration? > > Thanks in advance. > > Sincerely, > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
