On 20040324.1518, Cory Petkovsek said ...

> What's on the laptop right now?  If it is any distribution of linux,
> just do a bootstrap install over the network.  The gentoo install
> howto will tell you how to. ;)

Well, I *used to* have Debian on it.  It was in a bad state so I thought
I'd try upgrading it with Gentoo.  But I already changed the partitions
and other things, so bootstrapping won't work anymore.

> Also, I wouldn't recommend gentoo for a laptop.  Long compiling times
> will heat up the laptop more than it was designed for.

I was going to go for a stage3 install just to try it out.  But that
leads me to another question... instead of syncing and having to compile
all kinds of stuff as the install gets old, can I just grab the new
stage3 packages, say, when 2004.1 comes out and untar it?  Would that
function like an easy upgrade or no?

I basically want to surf the web and ssh to my workstation.  I doubt
I'll even keep personal files on there so come upgrade time, I could
even scrap the whole thing if need be.

-Rob
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