apt-get issues in debian etch and gentoo question

[William Hubbs]

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Hi Nick,

On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:52:46PM -0400, Nick Gawronski wrote:
> Hi, I am currently running debian etch and am reading the posts on 
> gentoo dropping speakup.  Gentoo really sounds like a good version as 
> it is almost compiled entirely from source.  Is there any way like in 
> debian to install gentoo and use a speakup modified 2.6.21.6 kernel 
> with a dectalk express as that is what I have?

Yes, there is a way to install gentoo from within Debian, or any linux
distribution actually.  Take a look at the following document.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5

You can also run any kernel you like with gentoo.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,


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William Hubbs
gentoo accessibility team lead
williamh at gentoo.org
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