<Meino.Cramer <at> gmx.de> writes: > Therefore I want to reinstall everything the same way (read: same > application and system funktionality) but in a different way: Using > a new stage3 (was it "3" ...dont remember exactly) and I want to make > the system "unstable" right from the beginning just to check, how that > works.
> Meino Let's assume you only have one computer but a second HD: What I would do, is pull your existing HD and set it asside; so if you need to you can reboot with it, check something, and switch back to the new install as needed. Continue with what ever advice you have received with the second HD. Easily and quickly reversible. If/when we have ansible based installs, something like this is almost trivial. Maybe (wink wink, nudge nudge) we'll get a new install semantic. Holy jeepers, batman, we do we do! First build up a usbstick with gentoo (~arch) https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Install_Gentoo_on_a_bootable_USB_stick Then use persistence (the precious?) to make savable changes? https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveDVD-Persistence-Mode NO second HD need, just a 16Gb usbstick (or larger) usb3 really helps! hth, James
