We're getting enough users now that it seems we need to work a bit on installation methods. A boot floppy would be nice, but perhaps just a good set of instructions for how to install from a different distro would suffice. We desperately need PPP and PPPoE in the next iso, along with instructions on how to use them, and we need docs on how to get pcmcia networking configured from the iso. If I'm missing anything, please add to this "bug"!
pppd and wvdial is now on the iso, and we now have a binary CD. Slowly working on this. Some docs for pppd and wvdial would be handy.
This is something I could do Daniel. Some additional boot methods: * Floppy/Net floppy * Intalltion from a different distro, similar to the way the Hurd is installed. * PPP docs * PCMCIA docs * PPPoE * A kickstart install for multiple installs. * A DHCP client/server install for a large number of simultanious installs. (Stop me if I'm getting carried away.;)
Sorry I accidentally submitted that to early. Anyway, pretty much everything Grant said. I could begin implementation as well as documentation. I know this would be big for my first "bug" fix, but I'm up for it. Let me know.
OK, Marc. We need it. We need to be the easiest-to-install distro out there. Right now our problem is access. I'd like to have an install method that uses a single network-enabled floppy (used to create partitions, mount them and then extract a tarball (grabbed via wget) on top of them). The same floppy could be used with an accompanying CD-ROM for systems that can't boot from CD. But we really need a good, modular multi-faceted install system that's based on Gentoo Linux. So, I say go for it! Email me privately and we can chat about some areas you can focus on.
I've gotten the Gentoo LINUX to install without using the CD or Netboot. I kinda cheated and installed another distro but realized that that step wasn't necessary. It boils down to getting kernel and rescue.gz onto some partition out there (preferably something like boot). You could probably use Tom's root boot to do this. Create a 50 MB "boot" partition with ext2, and copy kernel and rescue.gz to it. Next, you use GRUB and point to your makeshift partition (take some of the GRUB instructions from the Netboot install docs like the kernel params and initrd params) ***Change the RAMDisk size to 22000 (it failed with the other number)*** After all this is done, you should be good to go. You then just follow the Gentoo CD Boot Install Instructions. Hope This Helps. Robert Liao
*** Bug 1734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Is this bug still relevant? Shouldn't each individual boot method that is intended be logged as a separate enhancement bug once somebody is working on it? Can I mark it as invalid or wontfix?
we now support most of these install methods. The only one that I could think of that we don't is by floppy, and there is already a bug open for that. closing.
