Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo

2007-07-10 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:49:42 -0400 Philip Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 070709 Dan Farrell wrote: > > 070710 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or > >> console; you can see boot messages; network doesn't need to be > >> workin

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo

2007-07-10 Thread Philip Webb
070709 Dan Farrell wrote: > 070710 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or console; >> you can see boot messages; network doesn't need to be working >> even though it's called a network, sometimes it doesn't ;) > that's another huge p

Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo

2007-07-09 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:32:49 +0930 Iain Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or > console; you can see boot messages; network doesn't need to be working Just to > name a few benefits. So yes, I agree if you're only interested in