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NiLuJe · 09-08-2012, 06:32 PM

@twobob: There's an install wizard now? I remember it fondly as 'DIY' ^^.

I distinctly remember two of my Gentoo installs:

* The first one, moving from Debian (not that it matters much, I don't think I did it from Debian, probably used the livecd or knoppix instead), with the full printed handbook on hand. Quadruple checking the command prompt, reconfiguring/rebuilding the kernel a few times, messing up Windows' bootloader, that was fun ^^. There was the possibility of doing it nearly like a 'scripted' LFS at that time, with stage1/stage2 installs, where you bootstrapped nearly everything from a really, really minimal system, instead of the minimal full-featured environment of a current stage3 (so, yeah, that's why they're still called stage3, in case someone wondered ^^)

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* The first remote, headless one. This one was *really* fun! Basically, rented a dedicated server, made a face at the choice of distro available, asked the CS If I could have a Gentoo, and got an 'awesome' answer: "No, but I can ask a tech to boot your box on the livecd"...

. Ooookay! It was a 'Do or do not. There is no try.' kind of setup... No fallback/rescue/netboot if I messed up... I was *really* glad when I finally got a ping from the box after the final reboot ;D.

Yeah, Gentoo's fun! ^^

09-08-2012, 06:32 PM	#14
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,480 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@twobob: There's an install wizard now? I remember it fondly as 'DIY' ^^. I distinctly remember two of my Gentoo installs: * The first one, moving from Debian (not that it matters much, I don't think I did it from Debian, probably used the livecd or knoppix instead), with the full printed handbook on hand. Quadruple checking the command prompt, reconfiguring/rebuilding the kernel a few times, messing up Windows' bootloader, that was fun ^^. There was the possibility of doing it nearly like a 'scripted' LFS at that time, with stage1/stage2 installs, where you bootstrapped nearly everything from a really, really minimal system, instead of the minimal full-featured environment of a current stage3 (so, yeah, that's why they're still called stage3, in case someone wondered ^^) . * The first remote, headless one. This one was really fun! Basically, rented a dedicated server, made a face at the choice of distro available, asked the CS If I could have a Gentoo, and got an 'awesome' answer: "No, but I can ask a tech to boot your box on the livecd"... . Ooookay! It was a 'Do or do not. There is no try.' kind of setup... No fallback/rescue/netboot if I messed up... I was really glad when I finally got a ping from the box after the final reboot ;D. Yeah, Gentoo's fun! ^^ Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-08-2012 at 06:35 PM.