[gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-11 Thread James
walt gmail.com> writes: > The only obvious problem I can see is that grub2 will need zfs support > if your /boot is going to be zfs. I don't recall all of the details, > but at one point during the grub2 install you can tell it to pre-load > the zfs module (and any other modules you may want) d

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-09 Thread Adam Carter
> > That might even depend on the compiler version anyway. But, I agree. > Building with -march=athlon (I think it's athlon?) on one FX machine and > copying to the rest would be fastest. > > Good call, I missed that. Of course it makes much more sense to build on a fast FX box with -j8, but have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-09 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 21:20 +1100, Adam Carter wrote: > You could install to one of the Athlons, then copy it to the other two > Athlons and one of the FX machines. Then, reconfigure the FX > install > for more CPUs and native -march, recompile world and copy it > t

[gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-09 Thread walt
On 02/08/2013 11:46 AM, James wrote: > Hello, > > I have quit a few amd64 systems to install, hopefully > mostly unattended. I'm looking for a way to install quick and simple > workstations running kde. All will have (boot, root and swap partitions only). > They can be updated to current, individu

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-09 Thread Adam Carter
You could install to one of the Athlons, then copy it to the other two > Athlons and one of the FX machines. Then, reconfigure the FX install > for more CPUs and native -march, recompile world and copy it to the > other two FX machines. > Even that might not be worth it. Unless you're using some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-08 Thread Alecks Gates
On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 01:58 +, James wrote: > Walter Dnes waltdnes.org> writes: > > > > > I suspect there is way to dd an image right to a > > > (pre-formatted) hard drive just like you would a flash drive? > > > Are the machines identical (cpu/gpu/peripherals)? I.e. can you use > > the

[gentoo-user] Re: multiple installs

2013-02-08 Thread James
Walter Dnes waltdnes.org> writes: > > I suspect there is way to dd an image right to a > > (pre-formatted) hard drive just like you would a flash drive? > Are the machines identical (cpu/gpu/peripherals)? I.e. can you use > the same USE flags and kernel configs on them? If so, running dd o