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Ed Sutherland wrote:

>I want to install Gentoo (the ppc version) but don't want to tie up my
>computer until I reach the specified point where I can reboot. Can I install
>the base system in one night, then reboot and do the rest the next day --
>without having to start over from step one? Thanks.
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yes you can stop at any point just as long as it's not in the middle of
compiling something

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:02:04 -0400, Ed Sutherland <digital@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> I want to install Gentoo (the ppc version) but don't want to tie up my
> computer until I reach the specified point where I can reboot. Can I install
> the base system in one night, then reboot and do the rest the next day --
> without having to start over from step one? Thanks.
>
> Ed

You probably won't be able to follow the installation manual step by
step that way though. I got myself into trouble with this the first
time. Depending on where you reboot, you may need one of more extra
steps. These extra step possibilities include:

mount
chroot
env-update
source

But maybe you knew that already.

- Grant

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Those commands seem familiar. What I want to do is install the basic system,
install yaboot (the ppc multi-bootloader) and then call it an evening and
pick up from there the next day. I don't want to keep repeating steps over
and over because I quit in the middle of a step.

Ed

On 9/20/04 1:18 PM, "Grant" <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> You probably won't be able to follow the installation manual step by
> step that way though. I got myself into trouble with this the first
> time. Depending on where you reboot, you may need one of more extra
> steps. These extra step possibilities include:
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> mount
> chroot
> env-update
> source


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On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:51:21 -0400, Ed Sutherland <digital@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> Those commands seem familiar. What I want to do is install the basic system,
> install yaboot (the ppc multi-bootloader) and then call it an evening and
> pick up from there the next day. I don't want to keep repeating steps over
> and over because I quit in the middle of a step.
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> Ed

It won't be like that. The steps you'll need to repeat are quick and
easy and they're just to get you back to the "right spot" in the
system. I don't know where the bootloader step would come up in a ppc
installation but with x86 that's pretty much the end so you wouldn't
need to repeat a thing.

- Grant

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> On 9/20/04 1:18 PM, "Grant" <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > You probably won't be able to follow the installation manual step by
> > step that way though. I got myself into trouble with this the first
> > time. Depending on where you reboot, you may need one of more extra
> > steps. These extra step possibilities include:
> >
> > mount
> > chroot
> > env-update
> > source
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I could, but I'd probably have to use the computer for work during the day.
I'd like to restrict Gentoo installation for over a couple evenings.

Ed


On 9/20/04 3:31 PM, "Mark Brier" <mark@brier.me.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 17:02, Ed Sutherland wrote:
>> I want to install Gentoo (the ppc version) but don't want to tie up my
>> computer until I reach the specified point where I can reboot. Can I install

> Can't you just leave it on overnight?


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On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 17:02, Ed Sutherland wrote:
> I want to install Gentoo (the ppc version) but don't want to tie up my
> computer until I reach the specified point where I can reboot. Can I install
> the base system in one night, then reboot and do the rest the next day --
> without having to start over from step one? Thanks.

Can't you just leave it on overnight?


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