[gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine

Hi All , I've been wondering how one can clone an entire gentoo system and copy it to another physical machine , while the original system is still running ( means , ghost , acronis and other tools that force me to shutdown the system are not acceptable ) So , someone told me to try just "tar" th

Re: [gentoo-user] Clone a running gentoo machine onto another machine

It is a running gentoo system in this case But it doesnt make a difference to me. I want to know generally. anyway I will try what everyone wrote here and we'll see how it goes. Thanks again. On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:40 PM, Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benyamin Dvoskin

[gentoo-user] Creating a liveCD with ssh starting automaticly and predifiend root password

Hi all , Isn't is a mess when you remotly work from a liveCD and need to reboot ? ( and there is no one on the other side .. ) So is there a way to make a liveCD with ssh starting automaticly on boot , and root password being set to a predefiend pass ? 10x

[gentoo-user] Kernel make trouble

Hi, I'm having trouble compiling my kernel (actually haven't done that in a while..) after i run make, i get this error: "kernel/bounds.c:1:0: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction set" could someone please help ? what info should i post ? (don't wanna post all the .confi

[gentoo-user] Problem with upgrading portage

Hi Everyone , I am actually quite new to Gentoo , so give me a break if my question is a newbie one. anyway , while installing Gentoo , I got to the point where I want to compile the kernel , and for that I've done the following : emerge --sync it did the sync , but stated at the end that I must

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with upgrading portage

e the same with the CFLAGS .. ? ) Thanks, Benny On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Bill Longman wrote: > On 11/09/2010 06:04 AM, Benyamin Dvoskin wrote: > > Hi Everyone , > > I am actually quite new to Gentoo , so give me a break if my question is > > a newbie one. > > a

Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with upgrading portage

whats the i468 for ? On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > Benyamin Dvoskin writes: > > > In the proccess of trying to understand my possible mistake > > I'm wondering , > > which stage3 file should I use ? the i686 or the i486 ? > > >

[gentoo-user] Colors of the USE flags in emerge --pretend

Hi , When running emerge -p for some package , one gets for each dependency and package a list of USE flags at the end of the line. some are colored in red , some blue what are the differences ? Thanks, Benny

Re: [gentoo-user] Colors of the USE flags in emerge --pretend

sure sorry about the HTML ... :) On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 22:37 on Wednesday 10 November 2010, Benyamin > Dvoskin did opine thusly: > > > Hi , > > > > When running emerge -p for some package , on

[gentoo-user] Gnome related questions

Hi Everyone , I'm not sure if this is the right list , so , if its not I apologize , but please refer me to the correct one. anyway , I've just installed gentoo on my asus eeepc 1005ha and i'm trying to make it look like something I actually want to work with ( i've installed gnome ) so I've got s

[gentoo-user] Hibernation doesn't work

Hi , I've been trying to configure hibernation to work on my netbook , and for some reason it doesnt work when I go to hibernate , and then power up again , it starts as if from scratch what can i check ? what is the right way to configure it ? Thanks Benny