[patch] altinstall.xml.diff

altinstall.xml.diff (text/plain), 2.62 KB, created by Jonathan Smith (RETIRED) on 2005-04-07 06:27:44 UTC

--- en/altinstall.xml	2005-02-19 13:11:09.000000000 -0500
+++ tomerge/altinstall.xml	2005-03-30 18:08:31.274873840 -0500
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 <author title="Editor">
   <mail link="[e-mail]">Benny Chuang</mail>
 </author>
+<author title="Editor">
+  <mail link="[e-mail]">Jonathan Smith</mail>
+</author>
+
 
 <abstract>
 This HOWTO is meant to be a repository of alternative Gentoo installation
@@ -51,8 +55,8 @@
 
 <license/>
 
-<version>0.59</version>
-<date>2005-02-19</date>
+<version>0.60</version>
+<date>2005-03-30</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>About this document</title>
@@ -161,6 +165,8 @@
 Knoppix is only available for x86 users. 
 </note>
 
+<!-- this works with knoppix 3.6, 3.77 and gentoo 2004.3, 2005.0-->
+
 <p>
 Booting from the <uri link="http://www.knoppix.org/">Knoppix</uri> LiveCD is a
 way to have a fully functional linux system while you're compiling Gentoo. Tux
@@ -168,27 +174,17 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Boot from the Knoppix CD. It generally does a really good job of hardware
-detection. Although, you may have to add some boot options.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.0 desktop. The first thing I did was open
-a konsole and typed <c>sudo passwd root</c>. This lets you set the root
-password for Knoppix.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Next, I <c>su</c> to root and typed <c>usermod -d /root -m root</c>. This sets 
-user roots home directory to /root (the Gentoo way) from /home/root (the Knoppix
-way). If you do not do this, then you will receive errors when emerging about
-"/home/root: not found" or something to that effect.
+Boot from the Knoppix CD. For a 2004.3+ install, you will need to specify
+<c>knoppix26</c> as a boot option to load a 2.6 kernel. If you miss this step,
+when you <c>chroot</c>, you will recieve an error saying that your kernel is
+too old.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-I then typed <c>exit</c> and then <c>su</c> back into root. This loads the
-change that was made with the usermod command. Now create the
-<path>/mnt/gentoo</path> mountpoint using <c>mkdir</c>:
+By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.3 desktop. Open a konsole and <c>su -</c>
+so you can change your password. This lets you set the root password for
+Knoppix. You can now configure <c>sshd</c> for remote login, at your
+preference.
 </p>
 
 <pre caption="Creating the /mnt/gentoo mountpoint">
@@ -198,7 +194,7 @@
 <p>
 At this point, you can pick up with the standard install documentation at <uri
 link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&amp;chap=4">part 4</uri>.
-However, when you're asked to mount the proc system, issue the following
+However, when you are asked to mount the proc system, issue the following
 command instead:
 </p>