Gentoo

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[edit] Installing Gentoo in 48 laconic steps

This is a guide for a typical Gentoo installation. In no means does this attempt to replace the Gentoo Handbook; it's only a quick reference put in place mostly for myself and my teams. If this is the first time you're installing Gentoo this will not help you and will most likely confuse you, so use the handbook instead!

1. Download 2006.1 x86 Minimal CD, burn it, make sure your BIOS is configured to boot from CD, and boot from the CD.
2. ping -c3 www.google.com to check if you have Internet. If not,
   1. ifconfig, to check your network configuration.
   2. ifconfig eth0 (some systems need eth1, with eth0 being wireless!)
   3. net-setup eth0
3. fdisk /dev/hda (or /dev/sda if on SATA)
   1. p to print existing partitions and d to delete them.
   2. n, p, 1, return, +32M for the boot partition.
   3. a, 1 to make it bootable.
   4. n, p, 2, return, +512M for the swap partition.
   5. t, 2, 82 to make it linux swap.
   6. n, p, 3, return, return for the root partition.
   7. w to save.
4. mke2fs /dev/hda1
5. mke2fs -j -O dir_index /dev/hda3 that's not a zero there
6. mkswap /dev/hda2
7. swapon /dev/hda2
8. mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
9. mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
10. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
11. date, to check the date. If it's incorrect,
    1. date MMDDhhmmYYYY to set it.
12. cd /mnt/gentoo
13. links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
    1. Releases -> x86 -> current -> stages -> stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2
    2. Releases -> x86 -> current -> stages -> stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2.DIGESTS
    3. Snapshots -> portage-latest.tar.bz2
    4. Snapshots -> portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum
14. md5sum -c stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2.DIGESTS portage-latest.tar.bz2.md5sum
15. tar xvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2
16. tar xvjf portage-latest.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr
17. nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
    1. MAKEOPTS="-j2"
    2. USE="-gtk -gnome X qt4 kde dvd alsa cdr"
    3. LINGUAS="en el"
18. mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
19. mirrorselect -i -r -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf
20. cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
21. mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
22. mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
23. chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
24. env-update
25. . /etc/profile
26. export PS1="[kamibu] $PS1"
27. emerge --sync
28. emerge portage vim gentoo-sources
29. cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Athens /etc/localtime
30. cd /usr/src/linux
31. make menuconfig (go to the handbook page for kernel options if you don't remember what you need!)
32. make && make modules_install
33. cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kamibu
34. vim /etc/fstab
    1. /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
    2. /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
    3. /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1
35. vim /etc/conf.d/hostname
    1. HOSTNAME="fred"
36. vim /etc/conf.d/net
    1. dns_domain_lo="fidias"
    2. config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
    3. dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"
37. rc-update add net.eth0 default
38. passwd
39. emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron slocate dhcpcd grub
40. rc-update add syslog-ng default
41. rc-update add vixie-cron default
42. vim /boot/grub/grub.conf
    1. default 0
    2. timeout 5
    3. title=Gentoo
    4. root (hd0,0)
    5. kernel /boot/kamibu root=/dev/hda3
43. grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
44. grub-install --no-floppy /dev/hda
45. Ctrl + D
46. cd ..
47. umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/dev /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
48. Ctrl + Alt + Del (don't forget to remove the CD from the drive)

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