Gentoo on NTFS -- ala TopologiLinux

jcmendez · n00b Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 1

I just finished setting up my Gentoo on two NTFS files. I believe this may be of interest for people who use a Windoze machine where they are not allowed to install stuff, but they can leave files. In my case, I have just two 8GB files on my HD, and a USB key where I have the boot stuff. When I get home, I plug in the USB key and boot Gentoo.

I was tempted to write a guide, but wanted to check if there is some interested audience...

plate · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:52 pm Post subject:

Please do!

This is great for testing purposes, people compelled to use Windows at work, a quick round of debugging when away from home - in essence, there's absolutely no doubt about its usefulness, and it's exactly what our Documentation, Tips & Tricks section has been created for.

silentbob · Apprentice Joined: 09 Nov 2003 Posts: 159 Location: UK

I don't see a reason why you shouldn't write a guide if you have the inclination and some free time, I would certainly be interested to see how you did this. It looks quite interesting.

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nightm4re · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:01 pm Post subject:

i'd love to hear about this as well

sounds good for those of us stuck with doze only machines at work... and better than a livecd, thats for sure.
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Titeuf · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject:

Yes do it, it looks interesting

Chaosite · Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm all for this too.

Theres no such thing as useless knowledge.

[UK]Superdude · Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:54 am Post subject:

Would be very interested to hear how you did this.
So effectively you create a file which will act as a partition? (ie / or /boot)
and this gets around the limitations of the NTFS driver only being able to do modifications of fixed sized files?
Are you able to grow or shrink these?

Not really about to try any time soon, but interested all the same (although if I get a USB key......)

In any case please write a guide ....

gentoo_lan · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:05 pm Post subject:

I am not sure of the usefulness of this. It seems interesting however so I would definitely do a How-to on it.

anigel · Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:20 pm Post subject:

Not really usefull in my case, but it just sounds... VERY interesting ^^ !
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