On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:57:05PM +1000, Lie Ryan wrote: > On 04/18/10 22:21, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > currently I am reading the Gentoo-Handbokk about installing a > > new Gentoo-System via boot-CD. > > > > If I have a running Gentoo-Sytem on my PC...would it be > > possible to install a new Gentoo-System on a fresh harddisk, > > which is currently unpartitioned and unformatted electrically > > wired with my PC (SATAII) ? > > Yes, you should be able to, installing Gentoo is basically just copying > a bunch of files to a partition in a harddisk, nothing magical. > > However, you will have to be able to compile a compatible kernel from > your PC. Compatible usually means either your PC have the same > architecture as your laptop (which means everything should be already > setup) or you have to cross-compile the kernel. > > I've never done kernel cross-compiling, but it's definitely possible, > you just need to modify modify some of the Makefile manually (search on > google for a howto). > > Also, I'm not sure whether a bootloader installation needs to mess with > the BIOS. I *think* it shouldn't, as the low-level booting process > between the box and the harddisk is controlled by BIOS from MBR and > grub/lilo is just installing onto the MBR. > >
About the bootloader shouldn't one set that up on the individual machine? I'm sure everything but the bootloader could be done from another machine, but my guess is a bootcd would be necessary for the actual bootloader. -- Zeerak Waseem
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