[gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

Hi, I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest. Do I need to install a bootloader like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to boot in the definition file of the guest? If I do the latter, what about the kernel command line? Is there anything I should consider? The host is also

Re: [gentoo-user] Why ghc-bin is pulled in by portage update?

2015-09-24 14:38 GMT+03:00 Alec Ten Harmsel : > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 02:27:43PM +0300, gevisz wrote: >> I have dev-lang/ghc in my world file. >> >> Today, while updating the system, the portage >> wanted to update it. Ok. But why it pulles in >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Why ghc-bin is pulled in by portage update?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 02:27:43PM +0300, gevisz wrote: > I have dev-lang/ghc in my world file. > > Today, while updating the system, the portage > wanted to update it. Ok. But why it pulles in > ghc-bin-7.8.4-amd64.tbz2? Like all good language authors, the ghc authors wrote a lot of the

[gentoo-user] Why ghc-bin is pulled in by portage update?

I have dev-lang/ghc in my world file. Today, while updating the system, the portage wanted to update it. Ok. But why it pulles in ghc-bin-7.8.4-amd64.tbz2? # emerge --update --deep --with-bdeps=y --newuse --backtrack=90 --ask world These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power

Am 17.09.2015 um 05:38 schrieb james: > Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: > > >> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W > I have 3) FX8350. Outstanding performance for the cost. Love them all. > > > >> 150914 Mobo : Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P 970+SB950 DDR3 2000 :

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:22 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > For PV, grub is actually more work to get working. There is a config option > for the commandline. > I will send one of mine later today. I can believe that. My only experience is with Amazon, which doesn't give you

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:05 AM, hw wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest. Do I need to install a bootloader > like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to boot in the > definition file of the guest? If I do the latter, what about the kernel >

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On 24 September 2015 14:53:07 CEST, Rich Freeman wrote: >On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:05 AM, hw wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest. Do I need to install a >bootloader >> like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to boot in

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On Thursday, September 24, 2015 09:45:09 AM Rich Freeman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:22 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > For PV, grub is actually more work to get working. There is a config > > option for the commandline. I will send one of mine later today. Please see

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On 24 September 2015 12:05:31 CEST, hw wrote: > >Hi, > >I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest. Do I need to install a >bootloader like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to >boot >in the definition file of the guest? If I do the latter, what about >the >kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

Den 24. sep. 2015 14:53, skrev Rich Freeman: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 6:05 AM, hw wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm installing Gentoo as a xen PV guest. Do I need to install a bootloader >> like grub, or should I rather just specify the kernel to boot in the >> definition file of the

Re: [gentoo-user] installing Gentoo as a xen guest

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:50 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Sounds like pvgrub. I never looked into setting that up, afaiui, it mounts the > guest filesystem, grabs the grub.cfg, grabs the kernel listed there, umounts, > then boots the guest. > Indeed, that is exactly the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power

On 24/09/2015 16:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am 17.09.2015 um 05:38 schrieb james: >> Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: >> >> >>> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W >> I have 3) FX8350. Outstanding performance for the cost. Love them all. >> >> >> >>> 150914

Re: [gentoo-user] Endless preserved-rebuild loop, libmozalloc & more

On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 7:58:44 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 25/08/2015 19:43, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > > On Tuesday, August 25, 2015 12:30:09 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> On 25/08/2015 04:28, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: > >>> On Monday, August 24, 2015 9:31:38 PM Alan McKinnon wrote: >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: new machine : case + power

Am 24.09.2015 um 18:12 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > On 24/09/2015 16:00, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am 17.09.2015 um 05:38 schrieb james: >>> Philip Webb ca.inter.net> writes: >>> >>> 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W >>> I have 3) FX8350. Outstanding

[gentoo-user] [OT] Canek's youtube channel

A few days ago, one of Neil's replies in this list (gentoo-user) reminded me that Canek disappeared some time ago after being very active for quite a long time. Just today (24 Sept) I suddenly remembered Neil's comment and I decided to ask if anyone here had heard from Canek off-list. But no. I

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Canek's youtube channel

On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 8:07 PM, walt wrote: [ ... ] > Canek, are you still lurking here? Please come back to us :) (This is personal and definitely off-topic, so please skip if you are not interested). I'm still here, and I sill read almost all top posts (but I don't follow