Gentoo on Windows?

Sheepdogj15 · Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 430 Location: Backyard

yeah, i know it's like putting a tail fin on a Ford Tempo, :roll:

but i was wondering if anyone has actually done this? setup Gentoo (portage and all that) up in Windows. i noticed this project using cygwin, but it's last update was 2 years ago and is in alpha (testing, i presume).

i like how the cygwin route looks, but qemu/VMware/etc might be easier
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Codo · Apprentice Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 271

bigbob73 · Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:20 pm Post subject: Re: Gentoo on Windows?

[quote="Sheepdogj15"]yeah, i know it's like putting a tail fin on a Ford Tempo...

I take offense to that! I have a tail fin on my tempo! It helps keep my tail on the ground at breakneck speeds exceeding 45 MPH. :lol:

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Sheepdogj15 · Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 430 Location: Backyard

my first car was a tempo

Windows on Gentoo can be done. in fact someone had a howto on it using qemu and kqemu ... somewhere around here. i'm still interested in that idea
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yoshi314 · l33t Joined: 30 Dec 2004 Posts: 850 Location: PL

there is a gentoo-stage3 for coLinux. didn't try it yet, but i'm downloading out of curiosity :]
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Sheepdogj15 · Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 430 Location: Backyard

i read about colinux while i was searching for stuff like this. let me know how that works.
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IronWolve · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2002 Posts: 41

http://gentooexperimental.org/nt/

John5788 · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:09 am Post subject: Re: Hehe.

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mark_alec · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 7:45 am Post subject:

GeNToo: Gentoo on Microsoft Services For Unix

Sheepdogj15 · Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2005 Posts: 430 Location: Backyard

i saw that one too. i hope he can get more progress on that project as it looks like it has potential
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mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

A Tempo was also my first car. :lol:

chronophobic · Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:41 am Post subject:

Oh, is this a gentoo or a tempo discussion?
Anyways, vmware makes it possible either way: Gentoo running in Windows and Windows running under Gentoo (I've only seen the former done, actually). You do have to have a powerful computer to run 2 OS simultaneously (why not just dual boot for starters?) and you have to have at least a bit of knowledge to set it up and I think you have to pay for vmware (which, like most windows software, might or might not hold a problem for you).
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Suicidal · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 959 Location: /dev/null

I run Server 2003 on my gentoo laptop in vmware; basically so I can have a portable RIS server.