new install while working in the current one

Spanik · l33t Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 945 Location: Belgium

I want to do a new install on a new hd, but if possible I'd like to continue working on the pc at the same time while the new install is compiling. So far I always installed on blank hd's from a cd.

Setup is like this:
- got a running Gentoo on /dev/sda
- put in a new /dev/sdb
- boot the current install and run in KDE
- in a terminal, do the install on /dev/sdb
- over a few evenings finish the new install and applications wanted
- swap disks and install grub on new disk

The part I'm not feeling sure about is running the install in a terminal inside the desktop, more specific the chroot part. Will this only affect the terminal it is running in or will the running kernel be affected?
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richard.scott · Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:34 am Post subject:

the chroot will only affect the terminal your runing in.

Rich.

cwr · Veteran Joined: 17 Dec 2005 Posts: 1969

That's how I usually do installs, apart from swapping the drives. There
won't be a problem. (And it's sometimes useful to be able to copy stuff
from the current system into the chrooted system.)

Will

Spanik · l33t Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 945 Location: Belgium

Thanks, just wanted to be safe.
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madchaz · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:53 pm Post subject:

You can save time and bandwidth by making a copy of /usr/portage from your existing install to the chroot env as well
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