On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 23:45:04 +0100, FredL wrote: > I just use my current gentoo system for building a new one from > scratch, so I only use my current system as it was only a livecd. I > won't use my current world file or anything else coming from my current > system (except things like hostname, hosts, or kernel config). In fact > I'm building a little script for deploying a very basic gentoo system > without typing the full list of commands listed in the installation > documentation. Just a hobby for lazy guy ;) > Another reason for this fresh install is that I plan to write a full > doc for describing the installation process for building a cluster > hosting my own services (ftp, web, mail, etc...) in a para virtualised > environnement (xen) . So I don't want to have any rubish coming from > the desktop I currently used, and want to keep things as clean as > possible.
Sets are your friend here. I have a base set containing all the useful things I put on all installs, including the things details in the handbook like a cron daemon and system logger as well as the likes of eix, conf-update, portage-utils and emacs. Then I have sets for desktop, laptop etc, each of which inherits the base set. so it's pretty much a case of partition the disk, unpack the stage3, emerge @laptop (or whatever, compile the kernel, configure the bootloader and reboot. -- Neil Bothwick Like an atheist in a grave: all dressed up and no place to go.
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