On Fri, 7 Aug 2015 14:51:24 +0000 (UTC), James` wrote: > > 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.
There was no installer other than the handbook. > My current (active) oldest install is vintage 2007/2008... I do not > upgrade it, I keep it around for nostalgic reasons.... That one was around 2005, maybe even 2004. > Curiously, is that the same installation semantic that Pentoo > currently uses with it's pentoo installer? [1] (ZeroChaos) No idea, not having installed Pentoo, but it was no different to a standard stage 3 install except you set PKGDIR to the DVD and emerged everything with the -b option. It was a fast way of getting a working system, albeit one using default choices for everything. -- Neil Bothwick WinErr 007: System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware
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