On 23 August 2019 10:15:23 GMT-04:00, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: >You shouldn't need to do this, there are smarter ways to install even >without >a GUI on the candidate PC. Boot with a liveCD, start sshd if it is not > >running already, set a passwd and start a screen session. > >Go to your main PC which has a GUI running, login remotely to the >install >candidate PC, re-attach the screen, chroot and off you go. This way >you can >use a browser to read the gentoo handbook and copy 'n paste commands >from the >browser into the terminal running screen. > > >On Friday, 23 August 2019 13:51:55 BST >[email protected] >wrote: >> thank you. I figured i couldn't run x11/plasma while chrooted (since >they >> are already running on the real root). That means I don't have to >move 2 >> machines close together to read the instructions on one while >building in a >> console only enviroment. >> >> -- “The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!” >> >> Aug 22, 2019, 19:52 by [email protected]: >> >> On 2019-08-22, at 20:13, <[email protected]> >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Can I install x11 and plasma on a new system I've chrooted into or >do I >> >> have to boot into the new system? thanks. -- “The whole world is >> >> watching! The whole world is watching!” >> > >> > You can install these things fine. Running them within the chroot >can be a >> > bit painful, however.
If the live CD has a desktop, you can do it all on the target machine without needing another to SSH from or read the handbook. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
