Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43 - Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:01:41 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: Gentoo 10.0 (x86) on IBM ThinkPad T43

From : Sara Posey <srposey@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:01:41 -0400

I feel I should warn you, the last person I talked to who installed
Gentoo (in a virtual machine) for a test-run ended up wishing they had
installed it for real because of the amount of effort they put into it.

Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Great! Thanks Josh and Sara!
>
>
>> You'll want to at least look over the documentation before starting to
>> install Gentoo. It isn't as simple as just installing Gentoo and then
>> installing xfce, you first have to get it to boot and then install X.
>>
> (...)
>
>> the Gentoo handbook does have a well-documented process of the
>> installation. It's well worth following as a guide.
>>
>
> Right, I understand. This is simply a test-run. I'll install, get
> things to work, then reinstall. Just want to become familiar with the
> install process, and know how to get from install to xfce, then I'll
> start over and tailor things to my liking.
>
> Thanks again,
> Daniel
>