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Cool_2
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 Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject: Emerge from another pc |
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Hi! I just installed Gentoo on an old P3 computer with no network card. I am trying to emerge kde from packages CD. So, when I write it starts the compile but after a while it says that a file is missing and trying to download it. My question is, can I connect the hard disk with Gentoo in this pc(which has network card) to emerge kde and everything else I want and then put the HD on the other computer? And if yes, how am I going to do this? Thanks in advance!
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Cool_2,
You can do this is the newer computer has an upwards compatible processor. e.g. a fster P3, P4 or even some Athlons.
Put the drive from the P3 into the other PC, beside the drive(s) that are already there. Set the master/slave jumpers for its new home.
Boot the PC into Linux. Make a mount point /mnt/gentoo
Mount the P3 HDD root on /mnt/gentoo (remembering thats its not /dev/hda anu more. Mount any other partitions.
Do the chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash followed by the other two lines from the handbook to set the environment.
Your P3 install is now running on tip of the host PCs kernel. emerge whatever you want.
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Cool_2
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Because I am now making my first big steps in Linux, I am going to write what I understood. The pc I am writing now is a P4 with the network card attached to the ADSL router and I am running Suse Linux. What you are saying is to put the HD from the P3 machine in this one(P4), boot in Suse, run Terminal and | Code: | | mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo |
(it is going to be /dev/hda because the other HDs' are SATA  ) and then | Code: | chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile |
Am I right? |
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Cool_2
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, everything is ok. I am in Suse and I have chrooted to the Gentoo system. Now, how do I install the network card? Do I have to recompile the kernel? I just want it to work only for now. |
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NeddySeagoon
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Cool_2,
The network should still work because you are running on top of the suse kernel.
To get name resolultion to work you will need to copy the suse /etc/resolv.conf to the gentoo one at /mnt/gentoo/resolv.conf
That step is in the Gentoo handbook.
Otherwise the network should be fine.
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Cool_2
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| Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, man!!! It works fine!!! Many many thanks!  |
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