Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-30 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 07:33:03PM +0400, the wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/25/13 17:51, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal

[gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Michael Mair-Keimberger
Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal live-cd in order to install your own gentoo. The system has 5GB storage and 256MB ram. Actually that should be enough for a minimal installation. However, till now i

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Mick
On Sunday 25 Aug 2013 14:51:33 Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal live-cd in order to install your own gentoo. The system has 5GB storage and 256MB ram. Actually that

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread the
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/25/13 17:51, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal live-cd in order to install your own gentoo. The system has 5GB

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/08/2013 15:51, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal live-cd in order to install your own gentoo. The system has 5GB storage and 256MB ram. Actually that should

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Michael Mair-Keimberger
On Sunday 25 August 2013 18:23:07 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 25/08/2013 15:51, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot from a gentoo minimal live-cd in order to install your own gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Yohan Pereira
On 25/08/13 at 07:01pm, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Thx for crosschecking. Well it looks like docs are out of date, 256MB ram is definitely not enough. I already though about to extract it here and than copy it to the vm. However, uploading uncompressed kernel sources would take quite

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/08/2013 19:01, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: On Sunday 25 August 2013 18:23:07 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 25/08/2013 15:51, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: Hi List, Since a few days i'm trying to install gentoo on a kvm guest from edis.at. They support to boot

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Yohan Pereira
On 25/08/13 at 09:50pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'd recommend cross-building just a kernel and modules locally and copying that to the vm, it will only be about 6 to 8M Some food for thought: I do question the wisdom though of running Gentoo on a VM like that. I've always found that Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Michael Mair-Keimberger
On Monday 26 August 2013 01:49:17 Yohan Pereira wrote: On 25/08/13 at 09:50pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'd recommend cross-building just a kernel and modules locally and copying that to the vm, it will only be about 6 to 8M Some food for thought: I do question the wisdom though of

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo on a kvm - can't install kernel sources

2013-08-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 25/08/2013 23:33, Michael Mair-Keimberger wrote: On Monday 26 August 2013 01:49:17 Yohan Pereira wrote: On 25/08/13 at 09:50pm, Alan McKinnon wrote: I'd recommend cross-building just a kernel and modules locally and copying that to the vm, it will only be about 6 to 8M