Michael Schmarck wrote: > Bon jour! > > On Jan 15, 2008 2:29 PM, Jean-Baptiste Mestelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 15/01/2008, Michael Schmarck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > >>> I don't quite understand. When you're installing stuff from >>> within Kubuntu (or whatever Live CD), you're in a Gentoo chroot. >>> Why can't you install mirrorselect there and run mirrorselect >>> in the chroot? >>> >> You are right, this would work. I had just not thought this program >> would be in the portage tree. >> > > Hm. Okay. Where else should it be? What do Install CD > users do, to get mirrorselect? For me, not having used a > Gentoo Install CD once, the natural thing to do to get a > program on gentoo is "emerge $program". And "mirrorselect" > is a program. > > >>>> Also, obviously, you will not be able to use genkernel and >>>> automagically compile kernel (there could be other ways ?). >>>> >>> Same question, basically. Why can''t you run genkernel >>> in the chroot (I only used genkernel once, and then switched >>> back to compiling the kernel by myself)? >>> >> Same reply :-) >> May I just point that you are stating this as an experienced user, who >> can afford some detachment from the documentation process ? >> > > I admit it - I don't know what's in the documentation. As > I'm also too lazy to check right now, I go by my assumptions > now - and they are, that genkernel is yet another program > which needs to be installed in the chroot and thus needs > to emerge'd first. > > Is that not the case for Install CD users? > > Best regards, > Michael >
Basically, once you get booted up, partition your drive like you want, create mount points ( mkdir /mnt/gentoo ), unpack the stage 3 tarball, mount your new partitions, chroot into the tarball. After you chroot, it is just like running from the install CD. Mirrorselect should be there in the tarball. Sort of keep in mind that when you chroot in, you are basically in a Gentoo OS at that point. The tarball is a mini Gentoo install basically. Someone speak up if I missed a step. It has been a while for this old goat. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
