Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
i was trying to reinstall gentoo after i changed harddrives but i have a little time problem i cant' keep my system unusable for more then an hour i have windows XP and i have write support to my ext3 partitions is there a way i can use cygwin to install the sytem? it's probably impossible but i just want to make sure. If you can mount the ext3 partition in cygwin and you can use wget then I dont see why you can't do so, setup the basic system and then see if you can chroot it. I havent used cygwin extensively though. Lets us know how it progresses. I would be quite interested. -- Ryan Viljoen Bsc(Eng) (Electrical) The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. - Albert Einstein -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 10:38 +0200, Ghaith Hachem wrote: hello i was trying to reinstall gentoo after i changed harddrives but i have a little time problem i cant' keep my system unusable for more then an hour i have windows XP and i have write support to my ext3 partitions is there a way i can use cygwin to install the sytem? it's probably impossible but i just want to make sure. you can't chroot to the new install from your existing gentoo install? (That's what I did) then swap out the HD when you're done... -- Iain Buchanan iain at netspace dot net dot au Forecast, n.: A prediction of the future, based on the past, for which the forecaster demands payment in the present. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
i was using a delivery service to get my harddrive (replace it in my case) the first had some problems and the delivery guy wouldn't wait for me so i had no chance to even make a full back up i lost a lot of data in the process including my gentoo and some homeworks On 2/7/06, Iain Buchanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 10:38 +0200, Ghaith Hachem wrote: hello i was trying to reinstall gentoo after i changed harddrives but i have a little time problem i cant' keep my system unusable for more then an hour i have windows XP and i have write support to my ext3 partitions is there a way i can use cygwin to install the sytem? it's probably impossible but i just want to make sure. you can't chroot to the new install from your existing gentoo install? (That's what I did) then swap out the HD when you're done... -- Iain Buchanan iain at netspace dot net dot au Forecast, n.: A prediction of the future, based on the past, for which the forecaster demands payment in the present. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:20:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: you can't chroot to the new install from your existing gentoo install? (That's what I did) then swap out the HD when you're done... For that matter, why not use partimage/rsync/tar to copy your existing installation for the old drive to the new? Reinstalling is s Windows. -- Neil Bothwick ATTENTION: Despite any other listing of product content found in this manual, you are advised that, in actuality, your computer consists of 99.9% empty space. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On 2/7/06, Neil Bothwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 20:20:47 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: you can't chroot to the new install from your existing gentoo install? (That's what I did) then swap out the HD when you're done... For that matter, why not use partimage/rsync/tar to copy your existing installation for the old drive to the new? again the backup problem the backup i made were on one 40GB harddrive and another 20GB i had almost 100GB on the damaged one i couldn't do anything about it Reinstalling is s Windows. that is the only option left -- Neil Bothwick ATTENTION: Despite any other listing of product content found in this manual, you are advised that, in actuality, your computer consists of 99.9% empty space. -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On 2/7/06, Ryan Viljoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can mount the ext3 partition in cygwin and you can use wget then I dont see why you can't do so, setup the basic system and then see if you can chroot it. I havent used cygwin extensively though. stuck on the chroot with a /bin/bash command not found in cygwin i hope i can find a solution soon Lets us know how it progresses. I would be quite interested. Ryan Viljoen Bsc(Eng) (Electrical) The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. - Albert Einstein -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On 2/7/06, Ghaith Hachem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: stuck on the chroot with a /bin/bash command not found in cygwin i hope i can find a solution soon Probably no solution to be found. The bash in the chroot environment is going to be dynamically linked against a glibc that expects a linux kernel. You could copy the bash and libs and python and so forth from cygwin to your chroot, but then I'm not sure how you get from there to booting your system.y I think your best bet is a stage 3 with a binary packages CD. It might not get you installed inside an hour, but is definitely the fastest way to get up and running. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Ghaith Hachem wrote: hello i was trying to reinstall gentoo after i changed harddrives but i have a little time problem i cant' keep my system unusable for more then an hour i have windows XP and i have write support to my ext3 partitions is there a way i can use cygwin to install the sytem? it's probably impossible but i just want to make sure. -- Cheers, Ghaith You can't complete the install through cygwin. You can complete the install through VMware though. Get the 30 day trial, create a new virtual machine, give it access to the raw disk partition (or whatever it says when you're creating it). I have used that method to install Debian over dial up in the past, you just need to compile the kernel and setup things like fstab to point to how it should be, now how it is off of vmware. I would give it access to the entire disk rather than just the linux partition, as you can then install grub. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
well there was a miracle today i got 3 free hours to manage to install the system up to the bootloader but what i really need is X since this is the family pc :-P the vmware idea is nice.. but i don't know about it can i load a hole drive as my virtual harddrive? On 2/7/06, Steven S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Ghaith Hachem wrote: hello i was trying to reinstall gentoo after i changed harddrives but i have a little time problem i cant' keep my system unusable for more then an hour i have windows XP and i have write support to my ext3 partitions is there a way i can use cygwin to install the sytem? it's probably impossible but i just want to make sure. -- Cheers, Ghaith You can't complete the install through cygwin. You can complete the install through VMware though. Get the 30 day trial, create a new virtual machine, give it access to the raw disk partition (or whatever it says when you're creating it). I have used that method to install Debian over dial up in the past, you just need to compile the kernel and setup things like fstab to point to how it should be, now how it is off of vmware. I would give it access to the entire disk rather than just the linux partition, as you can then install grub. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Cheers, Ghaith -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:20:19 +0200, Ghaith Hachem wrote: well there was a miracle today i got 3 free hours to manage to install the system up to the bootloader but what i really need is X since this is the family pc :-P Install X and a desktop from a GRP CD, it will only take a few minutes. -- Neil Bothwick Life Support System Failure - Reboot Patient (Y/n)? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
OT - GRP (WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install)
On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 21:42 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:20:19 +0200, Ghaith Hachem wrote: well there was a miracle today i got 3 free hours to manage to install the system up to the bootloader but what i really need is X since this is the family pc :-P Install X and a desktop from a GRP CD, it will only take a few minutes. A couple of years ago I was reading in the Gentoo Handbook about GRP, and I saw something that I understood to mean that I could not use GRP packages and custom-built packages on the same system. Is this true? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Ghaith Hachem wrote: well there was a miracle today i got 3 free hours to manage to install the system up to the bootloader but what i really need is X since this is the family pc :-P the vmware idea is nice.. but i don't know about it can i load a hole drive as my virtual harddrive? Yes, you can select using a physical drive instead of a virtual file. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: OT - GRP (WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install)
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:17:41 -0600 Michael Sullivan wrote: On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 21:42 +, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:20:19 +0200, Ghaith Hachem wrote: well there was a miracle today i got 3 free hours to manage to install the system up to the bootloader but what i really need is X since this is the family pc :-P Install X and a desktop from a GRP CD, it will only take a few minutes. A couple of years ago I was reading in the Gentoo Handbook about GRP, and I saw something that I understood to mean that I could not use GRP packages and custom-built packages on the same system. Is this true? The restrictions are really based on (1) the portage snapshot used when the GRP was made, and (2) your USE flags. If either change, then the GRP packages are not going to be much use to you. They are built as at a defined snapshot, so by the following week a lot of the packages will not match portage's idea of the latest and greatest. If you want to do a GRP, do NOT sync portage or change your USE flags until you have installed all you want. Then you can do a sync, set up USE, and compile anything u want updated. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: OT - GRP (WAS: Re: [gentoo-user] really weird way to install)
On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:17:41 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: A couple of years ago I was reading in the Gentoo Handbook about GRP, and I saw something that I understood to mean that I could not use GRP packages and custom-built packages on the same system. Is this true? No. You can use them together. GRP packages are only really a starting point, any updates will be compile din the normal way. The quickest way to get Gentoo installed is to do a Stage 3 install, then add anything else you need from GRP. That should get everything done in an hour or two. Then you can set your USE and CFLAGS, sync and do emerge -e world to have everything updated and compiled the way you want it, while you continue to use the computer. -- Neil Bothwick Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
