Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-31 Thread Holly Bostick
Matthias Bethke schreef: > Hi Anthony, on Sunday, 2005-10-30 at 16:06:47, you wrote: > >> The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my >> server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the >> installation. >> >> My question is this: I want to replace Suse on

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-31 Thread Matthias Bethke
Hi Anthony, on Sunday, 2005-10-30 at 16:06:47, you wrote: > The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my > server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the > installation. > > My question is this: I want to replace Suse on the server with the > minimal amount

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the prompt advice guys. > > I'll be taking it slowly - I aim to get the main installation and > changeover done over Christmas when I have a little more time, and the > preparation done prior to that so that I have the partitions read

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
Thanks for the prompt advice guys. I'll be taking it slowly - I aim to get the main installation and changeover done over Christmas when I have a little more time, and the preparation done prior to that so that I have the partitions ready to go. I'll let you know how it all went (probably be askin

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can boot from the suse, repartition the hdb, then chroot, and do > > your gentoo installation. > > Excellent - so really I won't even need to have server downtime while > installing? I'll definitely look into this approach. You shouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
> You can boot from the suse, repartition the hdb, then chroot, and do > your gentoo installation. Excellent - so really I won't even need to have server downtime while installing? I'll definitely look into this approach. Cheers, -- Ant... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 16:06 +, Anthony Roy wrote: > Hi all, > > I am new to Gentoo, but having made a test install on one of my > machines, so far I am impressed. > > The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my > server, since it looked promising in the control I have

Re: [gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Qian Qiao
On 10/30/05, Anthony Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Repartition hdb to add root, swap and boot partition of about 10GB > for root (what tools can I use in order to keep the data intact on hdb > whilst partitioning?) Some softwares like partition magic can do that, but they run under doze. I'd

[gentoo-user] Replacing Suse on my server.

2005-10-30 Thread Anthony Roy
Hi all, I am new to Gentoo, but having made a test install on one of my machines, so far I am impressed. The main reason for my interest in Gentoo was to replace Suse on my server, since it looked promising in the control I have over the installation. My question is this: I want to replace Suse