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Install Gentoo Linux

This is a quick and dirty walk through. You should read the installation chapters of the Gentoo handbook before proceeding.

Setup Network

# modprobe eepro100
# net-setup eth0

Setup Hard Disk

# fdisk /dev/hda
# mke2fs /dev/hda1
# mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
# mkswap /dev/hda2

Prep Disks for Install

# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

Setup the Stage 3 Tarball

# cd /mnt/gentoo
# links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors/mirrors.xml

Get stage3 from releases/x86/2004.1/stages/x86/stage3-x86-2004.1.tar.bz2 and the md5 checksum.

Verify the tarball with md5sum ...

# md5sum -c stage3-x86-2004.1.tar.bz2.md5

... and unpack. (Make sure you are in /mnt/gentoo.)

# tar -zvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2

Setup Portage

# nano -w etc/make.conf
# mirrorselect -a -s4 -o >> etc/make.conf
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
# source /etc/profile
# emerge sync

Install the Kernel

# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/MST7MDT /etc/localtime

# emerge gentoo-dev-sources
# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

[config options here]

# make && make modules_install

# nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
[Add 'eepro100']
# modules-update

----

# fstab

Setup Network

# echo host > /etc/hostname
# echo domain > /etc/dnsdomainname
# rc-update add hostname default
# rc-update add domainname default
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/net

Set the addressess as needed.

Start up eth0 when the system starts.

# rc-update add net.eth0 default

Start up eth1 when the system starts, if needed.

# cd /etc/init.d
# ln -s net.eth0 net.eth1
# rc-update add net.eth0 default

Modify /etc/hosts and /etc/rc.conf as needed.

# nano -w /etc/hosts
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf

Install Grub

# emerge -k grub
# grub
[conf grub]
# nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf
[config]

Add Additional System Utilities

# emerge -k syslog-ng
# rc-update add syslog-ng default
# emerge -k vixie-cron
# rc-update add vixie-cron default
# emerge -k reiserfsprogs

... More to come.