Re: [gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:26:21 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Yes, you heard me right - I recommend one uses Ubuntu to install > Gentoo :-) I took that a stage further with my Eee. Knowing how long it would take to build everything, I installed Ubuntu, then used that while Gentoo was building in a c

Re: [gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Friday 20 February 2009 18:01:22 James wrote: > I'd like to learn how other folks are performing Gentoo installations > these days. I just used a 2007 minimal cd without incidence, but > that seems to fading as a viable offering. I never had any luck > with 2008* cds.   I use any old LiveCD I h

[gentoo-user] Installation questions

2009-02-20 Thread James
Hello, I have read that the LiveCD is dead, no mas, ka_put_ski. So I wondering when the installation docs (gentoo handbook) will be modified for Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Installation medium? Many of the other installation methods (alternative to the G Handbook) also require CDs, stages an