-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks!
I'll try it out and let you know Iain Sims wrote: |> I have a system running Debian. I would like to also install |> Gentoo on this system and have a dual boot. My question is, how |> do I have to organize my partitions to do so? |> |> I have an 80Gb drive and currently the partition manager (fdisk) |> reports the following: |> |> Device Boot Start End Blocks ID |> System /dev/hda1 * 1 851 6835626 |> 83 Linux /dev/hda2 852 10011 |> 73577700 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) >> what the hell is this? I |> never had windows on this disk /dev/hda5 852 |> 9949 73079653+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 9950 |> 10011 497983+ 82 Linux Swap |> |> Could you please tell me what new partitions I have to |> create/what paritions to resize to accomodate Gentoo? | | | Depending on your existing partitions, you need to create a new | root partition for Gentoo. As for size, I use a 6gb / and currently | it's like this: | | Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on | /dev/hda3 5858924 3634000 2224924 63% / | | When compiling apps the usage can increase a fair amount, but it | then shinks. If you're just trying out Gentoo, go for a 10gb | partition on root to be safe. | | Also, when doing the install, try a stage 3 install at first. Stage | 1 will take a long time and can piss you off if you've not the time | or patience. | | Gentoo is IMHO the logical step up from Debian. Debian is a | fantastic distro with excellent package management, I used it for | some time. Gentoo, however, takes it to the next level and injects | it with steroids. the flexibility of portage to tune your apps how | you want them is a breath of fresh air. For example, if I want to | install postfix, first I search for the package: | | *** START OUTPUT *** | | shuttle root # emerge search postfix Searching... [ Results for | search key : postfix ] [ Applications found : 2 ] | | * mail-mta/postfix Latest version available: 2.1.3 Latest version | installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 2,493 kB | Homepage: http://www.postfix.org/ Description: A fast and secure | drop-in replacement for sendmail. License: IPL-1 | | * sec-policy/selinux-postfix Latest version available: 20040427 | Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded | files: 3 kB Homepage: | http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/selinux/ Description: | SELinux policy for postfix License: GPL-2 | | *** END OUTPUT *** | | Ooooh, there's an SELinux build too! Let's have a look at the | options for building vanilla postfix: | | *** START OUTPUT *** | | shuttle root # emerge -pv postfix | | These are the packages that I would merge, in order: | | Calculating dependencies ...done! [blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp | ("virtual/mta" from pkg mail-mta/postfix-2.1.3) [ebuild N ] | mail-mta/postfix-2.1.3 -ipv6 +ldap -mailwrapper -mbox +mysql +pam | -postgres -sasl +ssl -vda 2,493 kB | | Total size of downloads: 2,493 kB | | *** END OUTPUT *** | | So postfix will be compiled with support for everything with a '+' | in front and those with the minus will be omitted. But should we | want postgres support, no ldap and no mysql support, then simply | doing: | | USE="postgres -ldap -mysql" emerge postfix | | ...will sot this all out. With dependencies sorted too. | | Now *this* is a cool distro! | | Step into the light, Keith! | | Iain. | | _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing | list [email protected] | http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list - -- Keith Vassallo Registered GNU/Linux User #290991 http://www.keithvassallo.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBZExHym3HAdrlsyERAnS8AKCGp+BYGFFtUexWredWPXk3FZF9EgCeNh7K Uryo/mYyfSXyE7FvwBsfecc= =8Tei -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
