On Friday 07 Aug 2015 15:51:24 James` wrote: > Neil Bothwick <neil <at> digimed.co.uk> writes: > > > > That's what Gentoo did years ago. You could download a DVD with > > > > prebuilt binary packages. It meant you could follow the handbook, but > > > > without changing use flags from the default profiles for that DVD, > > > > and get a running system in no time. > > > > > > Wasn't that the GRP option? > > > > That was it, I couldn't remember the name. > > Hmmmm (GRP option), > > Can anyone dig out a link to that install medium? I'm unable to find it. > I have lots of old i(3/4/5/6_86 gear I can revisit such old installs:: and > Sven has archived many old portage trees, if I can find that link. It might > just be fun to do one of those old installs and an old installer. > > My current (active) oldest install is vintage 2007/2008... I do not upgrade > it, I keep it around for nostalgic reasons....
I think, but could be out by a year or two, that it was c. 2006: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/GRP Not sure if the gentoo Attic contains such images. > Curiously, is that the same installation semantic that Pentoo > currently uses with it's pentoo installer? [1] (ZeroChaos) > > > James > > [1] https://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/PentooInstaller -- Regards, Mick
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