Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Novensiles divi Flamen
That partition shrinking method is described here : http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Convert_A_RedHat_Server_to_Gentoo_Remotely Good luck with it! - Noven -- >-- Novensiles divi Flamen --< > Miles Militis Fons < pgp8MutW8E2jJ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Tim Garton
meewi,    One other thing to be careful of is always making sure you have networking configured before each reboot to make sure the new partition/setup you boot into works correctly.  It would be a bummer to get gentoo completely partitioned and setup correctly, but forget to change /etc/conf.d/net

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread meewi
Hi Tim, That's spot on. At least as far as I know. The reason why I want to give it a go, is that Gentoo is the only distribution so far that managed to keep on running without screwing itself up. In other words, the only stable one. For almost two years now I have Gentoo running at home, with on

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread meewi
Hi Isern, First, no need to be sorry. Helping is very much more appreciated and respected. Only thing is. I have no CD-drive. The only way I can reach the server is over the net. Cheers, William. Op Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:58:46 +0100 schreef Isern Palaus Montasell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi meewi

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Tim Garton
I've thought about doing this sort of thing in the past and I think it would be pretty tricky if you want to do this completely remotely. (meaning not using an installation cd)  This is how I thought about doing it: Resize the partitions on your current hosting server to free up enough space to cre

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 11/1/06, Bo Ørsted Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:36, meewi wrote: > I would like install Gentoo on my hosting-server. I have full root > access and running Gentoo on my desktop for more then a year now. > > But what or where do we find a good guide/doc fo

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Bo Ørsted Andresen
On Wednesday 01 November 2006 17:36, meewi wrote: > I would like install Gentoo on my hosting-server. I have full root > access and running Gentoo on my desktop for more then a year now. > > But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for installing Gentoo > from a distance when using an ssh conn

Re: [gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread Isern Palaus Montasell
Hi meewi, But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for installing Gentoo from a distance when using an ssh connection. I think that it's easy. You need ssh access and a livecd (for example) to start installation like your computre. Simply i think. I the remote compture you need config

[gentoo-user] Server installation

2006-11-01 Thread meewi
Hi all, I would like install Gentoo on my hosting-server. I have full root access and running Gentoo on my desktop for more then a year now. But what or where do we find a good guide/doc for installing Gentoo from a distance when using an ssh connection. Thanks in advance, William. ___