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<guide link="/doc/en/quickinstall.xml">
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<title>Gentoo Linux Install Reference</title>
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<author title="Author">Steven Wagner</author>
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<author title="Editor">
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<mail link="swift@gentoo.org">Sven Vermeulen</mail>
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<abstract>
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The Quick install reference covers all details of the install process in a
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non-verbose manner. Users should already have prior experience with
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installing gentoo linux if they want to follow this guide.
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<version>1.1</version>
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<date>November 1, 2003</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>Quick Install Reference</title>
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The installation ISOs are on the <uri link=
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"http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml">Gentoo Mirrors</uri>. Detailed
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descriptions of the different CDs are available in the <uri
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link="http://store.gentoo.org">Gentoo Store</uri>. CD 1 contains
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everything you need to install Gentoo Linux quickly and without a
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connection to the Internet. CD2 is optional and contains pre-compiled packages
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such as KDE, GNOME, OpenOffice, Mozilla, Evolution and more.
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<p>
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Boot from the first Gentoo CD. Press <F1> and/or <F2> to
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see what boot options are available. Press <ENTER> at the bootscreen to
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continue with the default kernel. You'll eventually receive a prompt.
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<pre caption="Beginning settings">
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# <i>date</i> (Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with <i>date MMDDhhmmCCYY</i> )
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# <i>modprobe module_name</i> (Optional - Load any necessary modules)
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# <i>net-setup eth0</i> (Configure the network)
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# <i>fdisk /dev/hda</i> (Partition your drive)
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<p>
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The recommended setup is a 64 meg boot volume with ext3, a swap partition
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twice the size of your available RAM, and the rest for your root partition
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using ReiserFS.
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Initialise your partitions using <c>mke2fs</c> (Ext2), <c>mke2fs
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-j</c> (Ext3), <c>mkreiserfs</c> (ReiserFS), <c>mkfs.xfs</c> (XFS),
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<c>mkfs.jfs</c> (JFS) and <c>mkswap</c> (swap partition). For instance:
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<c>mke2fs -j /dev/hda3</c>.
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Continue by mounting the partitions and extracting the appropriate stage
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file.
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<pre caption="Preparing the Installation">
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(Activate the swap partition) # <i>swapon /dev/hdax</i>
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(Mount the root partition) # <i>mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo</i>
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(Create the boot mountpoint) # <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
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(Mount the boot partition) # <i>mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
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(Go to the mountpoint) # <i>cd /mnt/gentoo</i>
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(Extract a stage tarball...) # <i>tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage?-*.tar.bz2</i>
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(<comment>or</comment> download the latest tarball...) # <i>links http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/releases/x86/1.4/</i>
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( ... and extract) # <i>tar -xvjpf stage*</i>
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(GRP-only: unpack a portage tree) # <i>tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-*.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr</i>
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(GRP-only: copy over distfiles) # <i>cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfiles /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles</i>
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(GRP-only: copy over packages) # <i>cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages</i>
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(Select a mirror) # <i>mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf</i>
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(Copy over nameserver information) # <i>cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf</i>
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(Mount the proc filesystem) # <i>mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc</i>
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(Chroot into the new environment) # <i>chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash</i>
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(Load the necessary variables) # <i>env-update; source /etc/profile</i>
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(Network-only, non-GRP: update Portage) # <i>emerge sync</i>
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Now we install Gentoo:
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<pre caption = "Installing Gentoo">
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(Change USE, CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS. Stage1 can also change CHOST) # <i>nano -w /etc/make.conf</i>
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(Stage1 only: bootstrap system) # <i>cd /usr/portage; scripts/bootstrap.sh</i>
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(Stage1, Stage2 only: install base system) # <i>emerge system</i>
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Next we set up the necessary information:
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<pre caption = "Setting up Configuration Files">
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(Set timezone information) # <i>ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/path/to/timezonefile /etc/localtime</i>
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(Edit fstab file) # <i>nano -w /etc/fstab</i>
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Use the following as a <e>template</e> (don't copy verbatim) for
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<path>/etc/fstab</path>:
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<pre caption="/etc/fstab">
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# <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> <dump/pass>
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/dev/hdax /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 2
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/dev/hdax / reiserfs noatime 0 1
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/dev/hdax none swap sw 0 0
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/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
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none /proc proc defaults 0 0
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none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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/dev/hdax /mnt/dosc ntfs ro,noatime,umask=0222 0 0
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Continue by installing the Linux kernel:
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<pre caption="Installing the Kernel">
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(Install the kernel sources) # <i>emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources</i>
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(Configure your kernel using genkernel...) # <i>emerge -k genkernel; genkernel</i>
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(<comment>or</comment> (1) manually build your kernel) # <i>cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig;</i>
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( (2) Include VM fs, /proc fs, /dev fs, /dev fs auto mount at boot)
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( (3) Compile your kernel) # <i>make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install</i>
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( (4) Copy over the kernel) # <i>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot; cp System.map /boot</i>
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Now install other tools you might want:
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<pre caption = "Install important system tools">
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(Install system logger; choice: sysklogd, metalog, msyslog, syslog-ng) # <i>emerge -k app-admin/syslog-ng </i>
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(Have the systemlogger automatically started at boot) # <i>rc-update add syslog-ng default</i>
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(Install cron daemon; choice: vcron, dcron, fcron) # <i>emerge -k sys-apps/vcron</i>
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(Have the cron daemon automatically started at boot) # <i>rc-update add vcron default</i>
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(genkernel users only: install hotplug) # <i>emerge -k hotplug</i>
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(genkernel users only: have hotplug automatically started at boot) # <i>rc-update add hotplug default</i>
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(Non-ext2,ext3 users only; choice: reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs, jfsutils) # <i>emerge -k reiserfsprogs</i>
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If you need specialised kernel ebuilds, now is a good time to install them:
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<pre caption = "Install Specialised Kernel Ebuilds">
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# <i>emerge -k pcmcia-cs</i> (or <i>emu10k1</i>, <i>nforce-net</i>, <i>nforce-audio</i>, <i>e100</i>, <i>e1000</i>, <i>ati-drivers</i>, <i>rp-pppoe</i>)
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# <i>VIDEO_CARDS="yourcard" emerge xfree-drm</i> (for ATI Radeon up to 9200, Rage128, Matrox, Voodoo and other cards)
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Finalise the settings for your Gentoo system:
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<pre caption = "Finalise the Configuration Settings">
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(Set root password) # <i>passwd</i>
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(Create a user) # <i>useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash</i>
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(Set password for that user) # <i>passwd your_user</i>
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(Set the system hostname) # <i>echo mymachine > /etc/hostname</i>
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(Set the system domainname) # <i>echo mydomain.com > /etc/dnsdomainname</i>
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(Set the hostsfile, at least set "127.0.0.1 mymachine") # <i>nano -w /etc/hosts</i>
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<pre caption = "Set up Networking">
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(Setup networking; dhcp-users should set iface_eth0="dhcp") # <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/net</i>
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(List modules to be loaded at startup) # <i>nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4</i>
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(Configure basic system settings; follow comments) # <i>nano -w /etc/rc.conf</i>
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(Non-PCMCIA only: start networking automatically at boot) # <i>rc-update add net.eth0 default</i>
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(Only if you have multiple network interfaces:)
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(1) Create initscripts for each interface) # <i>ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.ethx</i>
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(2) Automatically start at boot if no PCMCIA) # <i>rc-update add net.ethx default</i>
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(PCMCIA only: verify /etc/conf.d/pcmcia and load PCMCIA at boot) # <i>rc-update add pcmcia boot</i>
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Now install a bootloader. Left is for grub, right for lilo:
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<pre caption = "Install and Configure a bootloader">
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# <i>emerge -k grub</i> | # <i>emerge -k lilo</i>
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# <i>grub</i> | # <i>nano -w /etc/lilo.conf</i>
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grub> <i>root (hd0,0)</i> (Boot partition) | boot=/dev/hda
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grub> <i>setup (hd0)</i> (Install on MBR) | prompt
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grub> <i>quit</i> | timeout=50
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# <i>nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf</i> | default=gentoo
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz | image=/boot/kernel-<comment><kernel version></comment>
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title=Gentoo Linux | label=gentoo
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<comment># Genkernel only:</comment> | <comment># Non-genkernel only:</comment>
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kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-<comment><kernel version></comment> root=/dev/hda3 | image=/boot/bzImage
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initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-<comment><kernel version></comment> | root=/dev/hda3
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chainloader (hd0,5)+1 | # <i>/sbin/lilo</i>
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Now unmount all partitions and reboot into your new system:
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<pre caption="Finishing off and installing GUI">
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(Updating configuration files) # <i>etc-update</i>
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(Exiting the chroot) # <i>exit; cd /</i>
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(Unmounting partitions) # <i>umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo</i>
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(Reboot; Remove the install CD from the tray) # <i>reboot</i>
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(After booting:)
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(ADSL-users only) # <i>adsl-setup</i>
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(GRP-users only, optional CD2 usage)
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( (1) Mount CD2) # <i>mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom</i>
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( (2) Copy over packages) # <i>cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages/</i>
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( (3) Install extra software) # <i>emerge -k xfree gnome kde mozilla openoffice-bin</i>
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( (4) Configure your Xserver) # <i>/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config</i>
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