Re: [MiNT] Update Sparemint system with Gentoo - how?

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On 01/04/12 03:36, Paul Wratt wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 9:42 AM, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 12/26/11 11:10, WongCK wrote:
>>>> there is a thread from March I think which has some preliminary docs -
>>>> and i think there was mention of emerge usage too - from memory the
>>>> initial install needs about 2Gb - the full install needs about 20G
>>>> (with 50% space) - but check for thread - the prelim doc has those
>>>> details
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the install guide doc.
>>> Seems quite easy to install. I will see if I can do it by next year... LOL
>>> Serious... it needs 2 GB !! wow.... my current ext2 fs is only 2 GB.
>>> I do not like to have it too large as any fsck needed will take some time.
>>>
>> No. It doesn't take 2GB at all.
>>
>> I just untarred the sample distro and it's only 500MB.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
> 2G for full repo install - you did confirm it when I posted orignal
> pre-lim doc + repo is 1.2Gb (if you have it local)

Basic is 500MB. Then if you pull down the gentoo portage tree that's
another 3.3MB. Can't remember what I confirmed before, but this is what
I see now.

> Anyone else who installs GentooMiNT - please add observations to
> pre-lim doc - then we can get a proper doc out and get the "sample
> distro" updated - ie some people say they cant find init.. - so doc
> needs some other info (maybe Atari specific?)
>

Yeah, I'd be interested in any feedback. But I do need to get the sample
distro updated.

Alan.