Installing REAL gentoo system using vmware? [solved]

IvanZD · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 166

Hi!

I have little strange idea. Let's say that you need to install gentoo on few pentium class (i586) boxes (not all the same), and that you do not want to use binary (stage 3) install. Compiling all of that takes long time, so I get idea - can I make use of vmware on my desktop machine somehow to install them inside vmware and then only transfer everything from it to hard disk? I can't use desktop PC for installing and then just swap hard disks because need this PC 24/7 working.. can vmware do that?

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Headrush · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject:

If the machines all use the same arch and CFLAG values, install one and then make binary tbz2 packages and copy them to the other machines.
(Install using emerge -k packagname)
You should only have to make pertainant changes for each in their respective kernels and any additional packages needed for different hardware.

IvanZD · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 166

Hm, yes, but I don't need install a "serie" of P1 gentoo's now, but these are mostly routers for our wireless network, so I get hardware like that from time to time, and of course there is also updates in portage and some of them need different software.. my idea is just to speed up these installations (only me do installs of gentoo here :wink:

) because I'm little tired of spending few days on compiling base system on P1's.. next day I'll get one more box like that so I would like to experiment if I can use vmware for that (not really sure how but I think it should be possible.. just need some kind of "sending" installed software with dd command or similar to attached hard disk)..
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thewally · l33t Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 703 Location: Genova

That isn't the best way...

Try this:
1 ) Compile all system in a chroot (in your desktop)
2 ) compress new root with tar.
3 ) Start live-cd on pentium machine, start sshd.
4 ) Copy from desktop to pentium, by scp, the tar file.
5 ) uncompress tar in the pentium (/mnt/gentoo/).
6 ) chroot in /mnt/gentoo
7 ) Install grub.
8 ) Exit chroot and unmount partition.
9 ) Restart.

9 simple and easy steps. :wink:

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IvanZD · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 166

Excellent! Everything is clear except this:

cyrillic · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:19 pm Post subject:

IvanZD · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Posts: 166

Thx guys

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ChojinDSL · l33t Joined: 07 Jul 2003 Posts: 784

whats the command to do a chroot on a already installed gentoo machine.

I ask because using the same command as in the manual gives me an error.

The command in the gentoo handbook is

cyrillic · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 2:08 am Post subject: