virtualbox question

[Ilya A. Volynets-Evenbakh]

On 05/15/10 17:26, sara fink wrote:
> I installed gentoo in virtualbox. My problem is that with the livecd
> it builds a filesystem partition that is very small and I don't have
> control on the size. If I want to add stuff there, the space is very
> limited. 119mb  for /.
> If I want to add modules to the kernel they need to sit under / ,
> kernel compilation same thing.  the /usr/src/linux is 330mb. So kernel
> recompilation is out of question because it will fail with no space left.
>
> Is there any way to increase the size of / ? or other solutions?
>
> I am opened to new ideas. 
It's been a while since I used Gentoo livecd, but what you describe sounds
very strange. If there is a small partition created by Gentoo install
process,
it's going to be /boot, which is meant only to store kernels and grub stuff.
If for some reason you really ended up with such a small / on hard drive,
you can always boot off of the live CD again, and use parted to resize it.

In general, if you want to get a real feel for what Gentoo is like, you are
better off getting minimal install CD, and following the handbook.

P.S. How is this VirtualBox question?
P.P.S If you want to talk about Gentoo in real-time, I can often be found
on #gentoo-he on irc.freenode.net.

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