Gentoo Install DVD???

NiceGuy · Guru Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 451 Location: Canada

Is there such a thing as a gentoo install DVD. I want to get my hands on a gentoo dvd iso.

Or alternatively

Does anyone know how to copy the downloaded gentoo CD iso's, and burn them so they work onto a DVD??

Thanks

thorpe · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject:

There is no need for a Gentoo DVD, they should already work fine on a dvd rom.

How did you burn the iso?
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vipernicus · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject:

http://www.lxnaydesign.net/

Sabayon Linux is a LiveDVD based on Gentoo.
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NiceGuy · Guru Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 451 Location: Canada

Is Sabayon Linux Free?? If so, where can it be downloaded??

Thanks

idella4 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject:

NiceGuy;
you have been busy. That version of linux I haven't heard of, but to find it just throw it into google and you should have it in two secs.
As far as I know, from having tried, you can't burn a cd iso onto a dvd. But you just burn it to a regular cd,
and any old dvd DRIVE will run the cd.

If you want to try something, a version apparently out of Australia called Korooa, or something close,
has a cracker gentoo based version of linux. It has all the Xgl up and running.
If I remember you need to collect and burn 2 cds to complete an install to a hard drive,
but it sounds worth it.
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NiceGuy · Guru Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 451 Location: Canada

Hey idella,

Nice to hear from you ... I guess you can say I've been busy.

I' not sure if you remember ... but lately, my task ( ... hope, ... ambition, ... desire) is to build a gentoo LiveCD (and LiveDVD) containing a stage4.at.bz2 of my existing system. This way I can send (by mail ) my CD (or DVD) to a few friends that live at a distance, far-far way. To essentially clone my system on to their equivalent hardware.

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Now, just to re-iterate, the contents of the LiveCD would be:

newLiveCD == (Gentoo LiveCD) + (stage4.tar.bz2)

and equivalently, the new LiveDVD would contain:

newLiveDVD == (Gentoo LiveDVD) + (stage4.tar.bz2)

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Now the LiveCD is DONE (I mean I have not tested it yet, but I will soon and then update my post with the sacred "SOLVED" title)

Having said that ... my DVD (as you are probably aware) is not complete.

I was hoping the procedure would be the same as it was for a CD, that is

1. Make a directory, in which you'll mount the Gentoo LiveCD.
Code:
mkdir origiso

2. Mount it as a loop device:
Code:
su -c 'mount -o loop NAME_OF_ISO.iso origiso'

3. Copy the contest to another dir:
Code:
cp -a origiso/ newiso

4. Copy the stage4.tar.bz2 into the newiso.

5. Create a new iso file:
Code:
mkisofs -RlDJLV "live-cd-custom" -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o livecd-custom.iso newiso

All this code, must be created to "kwach" ... as I did not come up with it alone.

Regardless, the procedure does not appear to be the same, though to be honest I will try each step out individually and try to ignore the fact that I am working with a DVD, just to see what happens.

By the way if you wondering why, a DVD, if the CD works well, its all dependant on the size of the stage4.tar.bz2. if that in itself is larger then the allowed size of a regular CD (700MB) then I need to think about a DVD version instead.

K .. sorry for the long post .. any thoughts let me know.
Take Care

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