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sumati
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 Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 9:18 am Post subject: Installing Gentoo on different days |
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| Probably it is a general question for all Linux systems, but for me it is the most important for Gentoo. My question: Since installing Gentoo takes a long time for new user like me, is it possible to separate the installation on different day. I mean, I want to install Gentoo on the first day only the basis things like stage3, kernel and bootloader, and reboot on other days from the new system without LiveCD to accomplish the remaining parts of installation like system settings. Thanks in advance! |
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Elleni
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Hello sumanti, and welcome to gentoo.
Yes, as long as you accomplish to follow the handbook successfully past grub installation and successfully can boot into your new gentoo installation, there is no problem to continue anytime.
Even before this stage, you can re-boot livecd, mount the partitions you were working on, chroot into them and continue from where you left. |
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fturco
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@sumati: You may find this Gentoo wiki article quite interesting.
Edit: I forgot to say... welcome to Gentoo!
Last edited by fturco on Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:28 am; edited 1 time in total |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:19 am Post subject: |
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sumati,
Welcome to Gentoo.
You can stop and restart at any time.
Its best not to stop in the middle of emerging a package or will start that package all over again but other than the repeated work, its harmless.
You don't even have to get as far as building your kernel on day one.
Your Gentoo install accumulates in /mnt/gentoo so you can follow the handbook but skip the destructive partitioning and making filesystem steps.
When you do the chroot steps, your Gentoo will be there, like you have never been away.
Indeed, that's a standard recovery process when your one and only kernel won't boot.
That leads on to why you should keep several kernels in boot. If you only have one and it won't boot, you have to do the chroot dance.
If you still have an old kernel, you choose it from the boot loader menu. That's much easier.
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krinn
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Technically you are not stopping the installation of Gentoo, the installation is done when you're able to boot it.
You are stopping customizing it, or configure it, or installing others programs and tools, name it like you want. |
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sumati
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| fturco wrote: | @sumati: You may find this Gentoo wiki article quite interesting.
Edit: I forgot to say... welcome to Gentoo! |
the links is useful, thanks! |
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mike155
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There's also a 'Tip' in our installation handbook. Loot at the first green box after https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Base#Entering_the_new_environment
| Quote: | | If the Gentoo installation is interrupted anywhere after this point, it should be possible to 'resume' the installation at this step. There is no need to repartition the disks again! Simply mount the root partition and run the steps above starting with copying the DNS info to re-enter the working environment. This is also useful for fixing bootloader issues. More information can be found in the chroot article. |
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