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   J.O. Aho to Klaus Hellnick   
   Re: Newbie needs help installing Gentoo   
   08 Aug 10 06:29:32   
   
   From: user@example.net   
      
   Klaus Hellnick wrote:   
      
   > I have burned a Gentoo live DVD, and can boot off it, but am unable to   
   > use it to install the OS to a hard drive. I am using a Jetway mini ITX   
   > motherboard and two 6 GB microdrives (IDE). I have had no problems with   
   > installing Fedora and Ubunto from CDs, but want to give Gentoo a try.   
   > I am using a USB external DVD drive.   
      
   You would need to do something like:   
      
   dd if=image.iso of=/dev/sdb   
      
   keep in mind that this will destroy any information you may have on that hard   
   drive (in this example the secondary hard drive).   
      
   If you want to make a proper installation, then follow the instructions in the   
   installation handbook:   
   http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml   
      
   If you don't want to spend time compiling, then I suggest you use Sabayon   
   Linux, which is a binary based distribution based on Gentoo:   
   http://sabayon.it/mirrors   
      
      
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     //Aho   
      
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