Installing gentoo from Knoppix

<3 · Veteran Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 1081

Quick question, I want to install gentoo from a livecd where I can start firefox and surf from the net while I'm installing. I would use the gentoo LiveCD but for some reason it's not booting properly. So my question is, will I have to do anything differently if I am installing from a liveCD (ie. knoppix) using a terminal window as opposed to using the gentoo minimal install CD?

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:44 pm Post subject:

Yes, installing Gentoo from a Knoppix CD will work fine.

SystemRescueCD is also a good choice if you want X and Firefox.

ps. The only thing you might have to do differently with Knoppix is "mkdir /mnt/gentoo"

Gankfest · Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

Yes, I installed Gentoo from Knoppis which was great internet, games, etc.. ;P Just when you're mounting the partions to install the tarballs and stages it's a bit different then how the guide explains it!
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<3 · Veteran Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 1081

It seems as though Knoppix does not have a 64bit LiveCD. Tried Ubuntu but for some weird reason Its asking for a password in order to login. ...Downloading the Fedora 11 LiveDVD maybe that one will work.

cach0rr0 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject:

hrmm...ive done gentoo installs from an ubuntu livecd, never been prompted to login i dont think

that was going to be my second recommendation, after SysRescueCD

gerard27 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:13 pm Post subject:

Sysrescue is the best.
You can follow the hanbook verbatim.
Gerard.
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To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

<3 · Veteran Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 1081

I don't happen to see a 64bit version of SysRescueCD. I am looking for a LiveCD that is 64bit and has support for ext4.

gerard27 · Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject:

Read my sig!
You can use it for both!
It's how you boot:
rescuecd will boot a 32 kernel,
rescue64 will boot a 64 kernel.
Gerard.
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To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download