[oclug]Gentoo

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Thursday 07 November 2002 16:07, Shad Young wrote:
> Does it actually do a complete ports style install? (I.E. Go, grab the src
> and compile the system on the fly?) I only did a complete ports install
> with BSD once... the install for a very basic system took 7 hours, but when
> it was done, my god was it stable and fast. Same with Gentoo?
>
> This is looking like my kind of Distro.

Yup thats about it except from my reading of the page you start with a minimum 
install, compile it and then work upwards. Its definitely an overnighter even 
on moderm fast hardware...

Best of luck. Let me know how you get on as its somthing I was pondering 
myself.

chris. h