The gentoo user community is so helpfull. Thanks guys. On 5/25/10, Arttu V. <arttu...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo. >> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the >> options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna >> mess up grub. > > You'll minimize your grub configuration work and pretty much > neutralize any risk to your currently installed OSes by testing and > trying out Gentoo in a virtualized system. > > For example VirtualBox is freely available and takes only a few mouse > clicks to configure a virtual machine specifically suitable for Gentoo > (or Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, or Fedora, or OpenSUSE, or ...), then you > just attach the CD ISO to the virtual machine (clickety-click, 3 > clicks if it's on the Desktop?), and boot (doubleclick). Next you do > the install, which in Gentoo's case means following the Gentoo > Handbook. > > You can keep important tools like irc-client, your favourite search > engine and Gentoo Handbook browser window running in the host OS, > jumping between the host and guest with a single mouse click and right > ctrl key to get back. And that's just using the default settings out > of the box. > > Try it out once. It hooked me after the 15 minutes it took to make the > first virtual image (and that's where I read all the labels and > options). Naturally, YMMV. > > -- > Arttu V. > >
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