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[Abh Serechai Belxjander <belxjander_serechai AT yahoo.co.nz>]

Personally I would run through doing the install
  then work on custom building a kernel based from recent sources within the chroot
  followed by casting those spells on the gaze installed list before adding to it with
  libraries and devices first

  just my 2c :)

Belxjander

On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 08:24 +0200, Thomas Orgis wrote:
> Am Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:47:43 -0700
> schrieb "D.Edmons" <demaillists AT comcast.net>: 
> > would like to try Source Mage again, but
> > I can't and won't let the machine just with the network
> > connected for hours on end.
>
> A solution to the time problem (which is less of a problem the faster
> your box is;-) is installing onto a second partition/hard disk.
> The initial installation from CD isn't that long; it doesn't have to
> compile anything; you can even choose to use the kernel that it ships.
> After that you can boot into your usual system again and start
> rebuilding sourcemage in the background, in some screen session that
> works in the chroot on your second partition/disk.
> The initial question/answer session on the rebuild takes time, but it
> is the time for your decisions - and it is not hours.
>
> Thing is, you can work like normal in your current system (your wife,
> too) and sourcmage can work on the background (re)building all the
> stuff from sources.
> You can even interrupt that process and start again after the last
> successully installed spell.
>
> You can go directly to install into a chroot without going through an
> ordinary install, but I guess using the install cd may be easier. Or
> not. Actually, I am more accustomed to chroot installs since p.ex. my
> laptop doesn't have a CD drive;-)
>
> The important thing is: You have a good deal of people here willing to
> help you through that process,
> best through IRC.
>
>
> Alrighty then,
>
> Thomas.
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