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| − | ls /dev|grep sd | + | <pre> |
| + | <source lang="bash"> | ||
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| + | ls /dev | grep sd | ||
cfdisk /dev/sda | cfdisk /dev/sda | ||
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| + | </source> | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
cfdisk will then bring you into an ncurses gui. | cfdisk will then bring you into an ncurses gui. | ||
Use cfdisk to: | Use cfdisk to: | ||
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| − | + | Choose to Write tables to disk, and then exit. | |
| − | + | <pre> | |
| − | + | <source lang="bash"> | |
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| − | + | 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 | # 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 | |
| + | </source> | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
# make sure you can access network here, try ping google.com or links google.command | # make sure you can access network here, try ping google.com or links google.command | ||
# if it isn't working, try to: | # if it isn't working, try to: | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 24 November 2011
Gentoo is a source-based linux distribution. source-based means every application is compiled locally.
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
<source lang="bash">
ls /dev | grep sd
cfdisk /dev/sda
</source>
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.
<source lang="bash">
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
</source>
# make sure you can access network here, try ping google.com or links google.command # if it isn't working, try to: # ifconfig eth0 down && ifconfig eth0 up # dhcpcd eth0 # you might need to do this each time you reboot
