Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:59:44 -0700 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:40:32AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Just bite the bullet, shut the machine down and do the install > > properly > > - you know you need to do it. > > > > I can't quite fathom why you think a laptop of all

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Tuesday 25 September 2012 23:40:32 Alan McKinnon wrote: > "How come is there never enough time to do the job properly, but > always enough time to do it over when it breaks?" "The first 50% of the project takes the first 90% of the time, and the second 50% takes the other 90%." -- Rgds Pete

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread felix
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:40:32AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Just bite the bullet, shut the machine down and do the install properly > - you know you need to do it. > > I can't quite fathom why you think a laptop of all things must be on > 24/7. if that were true, it would be a server in your

Re: [gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:33:25 -0700 fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > Got a new laptop at work,, running Linux instead of Mac, yay! > Unfortunately, it comes with Ubuntu installed, boo! But I split the > 500GB drive into two parts, began a gentoo install in the second > half, and now I am stalled. > > T

[gentoo-user] Creating KVM image using existing gentoo partition

2012-09-25 Thread felix
Got a new laptop at work,, running Linux instead of Mac, yay! Unfortunately, it comes with Ubuntu installed, boo! But I split the 500GB drive into two parts, began a gentoo install in the second half, and now I am stalled. The main purpose of the laptop is to run Centos 6.2 in a KVM image so i