Originally posted by Ant P.
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squashfs doesn't order files for faster boot, so the boot process might want something at the very beginning of the image, then something at the middle, then something at the beginning again, and the middle, and the biginning... you see the point. but seeking in CD is a HELL!
in my opinion is to "group" only the files needed for booting in one squashfs image, and other files (like firefox/openoffice) in another squashfs image, then mount them together with unionfs (or aufs). that way you minimize the seek (on booting only, tho...)
And, if you take Quick Install Guide (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-...ickinstall.xml) into account, it took you 15 min of reading + ~20 min to dl the stage3 + minimal system service (linux-kernel/cron/syslog/bootloader/xxxfsutils/whatever) source tarball, plus 15~30 min of compiliation time for an MINIMAL (REALLY MINIMAL) setup.
yes, if you take custom stage4 into account, then only "steps" to install a gentoo system are "fdisk + mount + untar + reboot"
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