I installed Gentoo from inside Ubuntu 6.10 (my previous system) through chroot. This was because I couldn't use a LiveCD as I have an AMD64 based system.
Knoppix and many other LiveCDs are 32bit, as that is currently what a majority of computers out there are. So, unless you can point me to a 64bit LiveCD that isn't some alternate version of a binary distribution I believe we still need a Gentoo install CD. Some people's arguments are that we should rely on other LiveCDs to build a Gentoo system as this will give the devs more time to work on things that they feel are more important. I would agree with them normally, but I'd rather download one CD that contains all the stuff I need than download a Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/Mandriva LiveCD (all of those distributions provide a 64bit LiveCD) and the stage tarball. Sure, if you're on a 32bit system, any LiveCD will work well for building a Gentoo system. However, if you happen to be one of the growing number of people who have purchased a 64bit system (such as an AMD Athlon, Opteron, or an Intel Pentium D (some models), Pentium Dual core (E21xx series), Core 2 Duo/Quad, or a Xeon system) and want to run Gentoo 64bit, your install options are suddenly very limited. Just my two cents. -Hal Martin Michael Schmarck wrote: > · Norman Rieß <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Right, basicly telling people "You have to depend on / use other distros >> to install our OS, cause we are not able to / don´t have time to provide >> this" sounds a little fishy. It makes Gentoo look incomplete. >> > > Well, but providing outdated (ie. non-usable for new systems) install > medium is also very bad. And if the installer doesn't work (satisfactory), > then that gives an even worse impression. > > Michael Schmarck > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
