Difference between revisions of "Gentoo Installation"
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Choose to Write tables to disk, and then exit. | Choose to Write tables to disk, and then exit. | ||
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mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 | mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 | ||
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mount -t reiserfs /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo ; cd /mnt/gentoo | mount -t reiserfs /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo ; cd /mnt/gentoo | ||
wget http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/releases/x86/current-stage3/stage3-i686-20110614.tar.bz2 | wget http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/releases/x86/current-stage3/stage3-i686-20110614.tar.bz2 | ||
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| + | for the below line, you can simply press the TAB button after stage3 and it will automatically complete the command, just press enter to confirm it | ||
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tar xvpjf stage3* | tar xvpjf stage3* | ||
swapon /dev/sda2 | swapon /dev/sda2 | ||
cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf | cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf | ||
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| + | Okay, now you've set up your hard drives, downloaded a copy of gentoo on your live environment, and copied resolv.conf over. | ||
| + | Before continuing make sure you can access the internet. | ||
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| + | you can test this by pinging google: | ||
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| + | ping -c 2 google.com | ||
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| − | < | + | if it isn't working, try the following: |
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| + | ifconfig eth0 down && ifconfig eth0 up | ||
| + | dhcpcd eth0 | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
| − | + | {{info you might need to do this each time you reboot}} | |
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Revision as of 18:18, 24 November 2011
Gentoo is a source-based linux distribution.source-based means every application is compiled locally.
You can download a copy of gentoo Here
To install gentoo you will need to create a bootable LiveCD or LiveUSB.
There are many ways one could create a LiveCD or LiveUSB, but that is outside of the scope of Gentoo Installation
Virtual Machine Setup
If you want to set up Gentoo within a virtual machine you will need at least:
- Around 512MB to 1GB of RAM
- At least 10GB HDD
- Networking features enabled
And preferably multiple cores on an x86_64 processor
Hard Drive Setup
ls /dev | grep sd cfdisk /dev/sda
cfdisk will then bring you into an ncurses gui. Use cfdisk to:
- Create 100MB Partition Bootable at the Beginning
- Create 2048MB Partition at the beginning
- Create remaining free space partition at the beginning
Choose to Write tables to disk, and then exit.
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 mkswap /dev/sda2 mkfs.reiserfs /dev/sda3 mount -t reiserfs /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo ; cd /mnt/gentoo wget http://gentoo.arcticnetwork.ca/releases/x86/current-stage3/stage3-i686-20110614.tar.bz2
for the below line, you can simply press the TAB button after stage3 and it will automatically complete the command, just press enter to confirm it
tar xvpjf stage3* swapon /dev/sda2 cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
Okay, now you've set up your hard drives, downloaded a copy of gentoo on your live environment, and copied resolv.conf over.
Before continuing make sure you can access the internet.
you can test this by pinging google:
ping -c 2 google.com
if it isn't working, try the following:
ifconfig eth0 down && ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0
Template:Info you might need to do this each time you reboot
