Check out the forums for info on this topic. My last installed was based off this thread:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-319349.html (info thread) http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-314985-highlight-emwrap.html (support thread) The main goals of this install method are: 1. Eliminate the circular dependencies caused by a stage1 install. 2. Eliminate the extra packages installed by a stage1/2, which are not listed in /var/db/pkg. 3. To create a pure GCC 3.4 built toolchain/system with platform specific optimizations, all from a stage3 tarball. (Effectively a stage1 install built from a stage3 tarball) 4. Oh yeah, NPTL. This is a bit OT for your case, I understand that you are trying to get away from a stage1 to save time but the method above is well worth the work. You could always script part of it and let it run during the weekend. ; ) What you could do is build a system like this, then create binaries of everything you install (or want to keep). Next time you want to redo your system all you have to do is partition and copy over whatever binaries you want. If you include the base system you will still have a completely optimized box, but in a fraction of the time. If nothing else, it's an interesting read. Also, if you would like to take everything one step further: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-282474-highlight-emwrap.html There is some interesting work being done in this thread related to properly building a toolchain. Have fun. -Matt- On 6/2/05, Phil Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 20:20, Mark Shields wrote: > > That's an interesting idea, Phil. Perhaps a livecd that works like > > Knoppix, where you can choose to install it to your system? > > Actually, I did use a Knoppix CD to install both Gentoo and Debian SID > on my 5 boot box (Windows XP Pro, Fedora Core 1 & 3, Debian SID and > Gentoo), as I have DSL. I can install within X if I wish and use my > /home partition if I need to turn off the box for some reason. > > -- > Phil > Our 2nd CD: http://www.cdbaby.com/naomisfancy > Naomi's Fancy performances: http://naomisfancy.virtualave.net/schedule.html > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
