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On 5/25/2010 10:34 PM, Arttu V. wrote:
> On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> Hi, I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try
>> out gentoo. I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will
>> it contain the options to boot arch
On 5/25/10, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> Hi,
> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo.
> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the
> options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna
> mess up grub.
You'll minimize your gru
Madhurya Kakati writes:
> Philip, Thanks for the detailed answer.
Yeah, that was a nice one.
> On 5/25/2010 9:09 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> > 100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> >> I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out
> >> Gentoo.
> >
> > Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo require
Philip, Thanks for the detailed answer.
On 5/25/2010 9:09 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> 100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>
>> I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out Gentoo.
>>
> Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of work, time & attention,
> but is not difficult & g
100525 Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> I am currently using Archlinux and Windows 7 and want to try out Gentoo.
Welcome aboard ! -- Gentoo requires a bit of work, time & attention,
but is not difficult & gives you real control on how you use your machine.
> I guess Grub will be overwritten by Gentoo,
N
On 5/25/2010 9:04 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Madhurya Kakati
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo.
>> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the
>> options to boot arch kernel images
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> Hi,
> I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo.
> I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the
> options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna
> mess up grub.
> Th
Hi,
I am currently using archlinux and windows 7 and want to try out gentoo.
I guess grub will be overwritten by gentoo but will it contain the
options to boot arch kernel images automatically? I really dont wanna
mess up grub.
Thanks
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:39:25 -0400, K. Mike Bradley wrote:
> I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there
> is a reply with no message.
Either they are using small screens/large fonts or you need to trim your
quotes. It shouldn't usually be necessary to quote so much bef
Am Mittwoch, 26. April 2006 02:39 schrieb ext K. Mike Bradley:
> I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there is
> a reply with no message.
Try to explain it to them. http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
should help.
Bye...
Dirk
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Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 20:11 schrieb ext Herman Grootaers:
> The division is not so strange as it seems. In */sbin the binaries
> placed are used by the systemuser root, that means the binaries can be
> used by anyone. in */bin the binaries are under user-control that is
> they are owned by th
Am Dienstag, 25. April 2006 18:00 schrieb ext K. Mike Bradley:
> Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very
> document.
>
> It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin.
It's from the very beginning of Unix. Harddisks where small (or they even
u
Sorry I top posted.
Forgot I was on a Linux list.
I am used to Windows people and if I bottom post they wonder why there is a
reply with no message.
Thanks to all of you.
That really helped my understanding.
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Hi,
I know the question has already been answered but a little bit of time
ago I wrote this in response to a similar question. I hope it helps
others that are reading the q.
http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2120
Mark
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On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thank you Richard.
BTW, on this list it is considered polite to quote messages above your
replies (no top-posting), and to trim the quoted message down to just
the necessary parts.
-Richard
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t; From: Justin Findlay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:36 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr
>
> On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone can explain w
Thank you Richard.
That answers my question very well.
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Of Richard Fish
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 12:14 PM
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr
On 4/25/06
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
The idea is that / can be a very small partition and contains
everything necessary to boot and administer the system, and /usr can
be a separate partition or logical volume. Some advantag
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for the URL, but I had this question after reading this very
> document.
>
> It doesn't explain the history or the reason there are two /bin, /sbin.
/bin contains commands that may be used by both the system
administrator and by users
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie question re: /usr
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
>
> It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
>
> I have read that it's
On 4/25/06, K. Mike Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
>
> It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
>
> I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's sharable and
> meant to be read only (these days
I wonder if anyone can explain why /usr was created?
It has a /bin and /sbin with similar binaries as the root equivalents.
I have read that it's called the secondary hierarchy and it's sharable and
meant to be read only (these days) ... but what is it for and why do we have
duplication of /bin a
Thanks a bunch to you Iain and richard as well for pointing me into the
right direction !
I ll have a look @ this PORTDIR_OVERLAY feature.
Cheers
seb
Iain Buchanan wrote:
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 11:37 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
On 3/22/06, sebastien Pastor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 11:37 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 3/22/06, sebastien Pastor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 1 Is there a way for me to be able to download somehow version 2.3.3
You can look in /usr/portage/media-sound/ecasound/ to see what versions
are available. Unfortunately for yo
On 3/22/06, sebastien Pastor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1 Is there a way for me to be able to download somehow version 2.3.3
> 2 If not, anyone could tell me how long packages are kept in the
> repository and what would be the process if i really need to stick with
> one version which is
Hi guys!
First post in the list for me. It s probably a dumb question but i
could not figure out any answer.
On a gentoo 2005.1 system i am running a set of scripts which rely on
specific binary tools like (ecasound and mjpegtools).
When i got all those scripts stabilized, i really wanted
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