On Jan 11, 2008 2:25 PM, Eddie Mihalow Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > You are missing the point of Gentoo then. We are NOT a binary distro (to > repeat ad nauseum). If you want that kind of install, please change > distros. I do find these other methods of install to be interesting though. > Has anyone on this list ever used a PXE boot image to install? >
With just sources, you can't do anything. Even when you built your LFS you have to download first you toolchain as binaries, before re-compilation. To compile a compiler..... you need a compiler. Good. But what is the problem ? No issue here. You just know that without a working PC and toolchain binaries, there is nothing to do. Should we consider that LFS is not a true custom-made system and loads the dice ? Of course not, since in the end, you get the expected result. Same thing here. You are telling me that my not-bootable linux system -possibly out of any network- won't face any issue since there is a repository containing Gentoo sources somewhere and that PXE are not for dogs. Okay... tel me how to install Gentoo in that case. On the contrary, I think installCD is a response to an existing need, and it worth bringing solutions to existing needs. Gentoo is not for me since I can't boot on PXE ? I don't want to give one cent to each Gentoo user that can't boot on PXE but needs an installCD/liveCD first. Gal' -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
