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Re: [coLinux-users] Howto - Installing Gentoo in coLinux (was Re: Does colinux work with gentoo 2006.1?)
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From: Jason <ja...@co...> - 2006-10-05 19:55:35
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Well, it took me a month and a half but I finally got around to this. http://wiki.colinux.org/wiki/Installing_Gentoo_From_Scratch. Enjoy! Jason Jason wrote: > It was actually fairly easy. Note that these instructions will > reference chapter/section numbers from the 2006.1 installation > handboot, however I will try to provide enough context by including > the section name that this should be usable in the future with very > little modification. > > Note that these instructions assume you know what you're doing with a > Gentoo install, and that you have enough knowledge of how coLinux > works that you won't need help modifying or creating the configuration > file. > > 1) Install coLinux with the gentoo image download it provides. This > may work with the debian image, but I didn't try it. > > 2) On your Windows file system, in the directory you want to store > your coLinux image, create your root and swap files. I made a 10G root > and 256M swap. There is a (mis-named) wiki on how to create files > suitable for coLinux block devices. see > http://wiki.colinux.org/wiki/HowtoCreateSwapFile > a) Be aware that fsutil (XP and later) makes spares files. This > means the first time you write data to a block it takes longer than > subsequent times. ie: your mkfs is going to take longer than you think > ;) Ditto for the first time you start writing out files and using > swap. To avoid this, don't use sparse files. Personally, I didn't mind > as sparse files are instant-create and let me continue with setting up > coLinux without waiting for large files to be initialize and written > to and performance hit for 'first use' isn't terrible. > > 3) Edit your coLinux config files to recognize your "new" root and > swap as if they were /dev/cobd2 and and /dev/cobd3 > > 4) Boot coLinux using the Linux image you downloaded. > > 5) Start following the installation guide at > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml. There are only > a few minor differences that need to be made: > a) In section 4.c (Using fdisk to Partition your Disk), You don't > partition your "virtual" disk. If you want separate "partitions" use > multiple files on the Windows side. > b) In section 4.d (Creating Filesystems), I use reiserfs on my > virtual disk. I had to download and compile the reiserfstools (for v3) > into my non-chroot environment as they were not part of the initial > image. This is trivial. They are available from > http://www.namesys.com/ and you don't even have to do the full > install, just get to the point where you have mkreiserfs available. > c) In sections 5.b/5.c (installting the initial stage tarball) > Getting the stage tarball has multiple options: > i) If your network is set up to access the internet, section 5.b > (Using a Stage from the Internet) works perfectly. > ii) If you are instead using section 5.c (Using a Stage from the > Installation CD), you can use scp to transfer the stage tarball to the > coLinux installation if you have networking enabled, but not set up > for Internet use. > iii) Another option if using 5.c is to mount your CD drive in > coLinux itself for use. See http://wiki.colinux.org/wiki/CdDvdAccess > d) Section 7.b (Installing the Sources), it's still safe to install > kernel sources (may even be required for some things you want to > install later) but don't compile your own kernel! See the next point. > e) Section 7.c/7.d (Detailing two different methods of kernel > configuration), don't do this! Use the kernel and modules that came > with the initial image you downloaded. The kernel itself is kept on > the filesystem in your Windows boot. To "install" the kernel modules, > do this from your non-chrooted installation image: > # mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo/lib/modules > # tar -cf - /lib/modules | (cd /mnt/gentoo/lib/modules;tar xvpf -) > f) Section 8.a (Filesystem Information), make sure to set up your > fstab with the /dev/cobd devices that they *will be* in your final > image (ie: root as /dev/cobd1, swap as /dev/cobd2) not what they are > *now*. > g) Chapter 10 (Configuring the Bootloader),. You don't need a boot > loader. I installed grub anyway just in case something in the future > insisted on having a bootloader around, but I did not configure it. > > And that's really about it! The rest of the install is identical to > the installation guide. Once you get done, shutdown your coLinux > Gentoo install image, modify or create a new config file for coLinux > to point the block devices to your new root/swap, and start it up again! > > Enjoy your new coLinux setup! I've actually used this procedure > through many iterations of Gentoo releases whenever I did a windows > re-install for whatever reasons, so these are not specific to 2006.1 > (however chapter/section numbers may change between releases) > > Another useful note is you may want to comment-out or remove: > <initrd path="initrd.gz" /> > > from your config file. For some reason, some people report that using > the initrd causes coLinux to only boot properly every second time (I > was one of them, until I found this). > > This may be useful to wiki-ize, but I found multiple Gentoo Howtos' > already on the Wiki. If people think it's worthwhile to create yet > another one I can. > > Jason > > Bing Wen wrote: > > Did you start from scratch or update from a running installation? > > Would you please describe the procedure you switched to 2006.1? > > > Bing > > > */Jason <ja...@co...>/* wrote: > > > I am using 2006.1 successfully. The only thing I did different > > from a > > 'regular' gentoo install was copy the modules from the provided > > Gentoo > > coLinux image to my new system, so I am using the provided Linux > > kernel > > and modules, I did not try to compile my own. > > > Jason > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? 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