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<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml,v 1.82 2009/01/09 18:12:12 neysx Exp $ -->
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
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<guide lang="en">
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<title>Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide</title>
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<values>
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<key id="raid+lvm">no</key>
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<key id="root">/dev/sda3</key>
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</values>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="neysx"/>
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</author>
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<author title="Author">
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<mail link="swift"/>
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</author>
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<author title="Author">Steven Wagner</author>
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<abstract>
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The Quick install guide covers the Gentoo install process in a non-verbose
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manner. Its purpose is to allow users to perform a stage3 install in no time.
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Users should already have prior experience with installing Gentoo Linux if they
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want to follow this guide.
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</abstract>
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
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<license/>
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<version>24</version>
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<date>2009-03-13</date>
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<chapter>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<section>
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<body>
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<p>
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This guide contains all commands you should use to complete a stage3
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installation of Gentoo. You need a connection to the Internet to download the
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stage3 and Portage snapshots.
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</p>
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<p>
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New users should read the <uri link="/doc/en/handbook/index.xml">Handbook</uri>
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as it gives a better overview about the installation process.
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</p>
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<p>
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Timing output follows all commands that take more than a couple of seconds to
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finish. Commands were timed on an AMD 2000 1.66 Ghz PC with 512 MB of RAM and
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two SATA disks connected to a hardware controller.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Test box specs">
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<comment>(The following specs and the timing information should help you determine
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a rough estimate of the time you need to complete your install)</comment>
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# <i>grep bogo /proc/cpuinfo</i>
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bogomips : 3337.81
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# <i>hdparm -tT /dev/sda</i>
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/dev/sda:
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Timing cached reads: 1100 MB in 2.00 seconds = 549.97 MB/sec
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Timing buffered disk reads: 224 MB in 3.01 seconds = 74.36 MB/sec
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# <i>grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo</i>
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MemTotal: 509248 kB
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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<chapter>
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<title>Quick Install Guide</title>
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<section>
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<include href="gentoo-x86-quickinstall-media.xml"/>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Preparing the Disks</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Use <c>fdisk</c> or <c>cfdisk</c> to create your partition layout. You need at
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least a swap partition (type 82) and one Linux partition (type 83). The
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following scenario creates a <path>/boot</path>, a swap and a main partition as
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used in our handbook. Replace <path>sda</path> with your disk. Most systems
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ignore the bootable flag, but a few need it. Set this flag on your boot
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partition with fdisk's <c>a</c> command.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Create the partitions">
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livecd ~ # <i>fdisk /dev/sda</i>
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<comment>(The rest of this guide uses the following partitioning scheme)</comment>
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livecd ~ # <i>fdisk -l /dev/sda</i>
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Disk /dev/sda: 599.9 GB, 599978409984 bytes
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255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 72943 cylinders
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Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
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/dev/sda1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
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/dev/sda2 13 110 787185 82 Linux swap / Solaris
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/dev/sda3 111 72943 585031072+ 83 Linux
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</pre>
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<p>
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Use <c>mke2fs</c>, <c>mke2fs -j</c>, <c>mkreiserfs</c>, <c>mkfs.xfs</c> and
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<c>mkfs.jfs</c> to create file systems on your Linux partitions. Initialize your
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swap partition using <c>mkswap</c> and <c>swapon</c>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Create the file systems and activate swap">
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<comment>(ext2 is all you need on the /boot partition)</comment>
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livecd ~ # <i>mke2fs /dev/sda1</i>
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<comment>(Let's use ext3 on the main partition)</comment>
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livecd ~ # <i>mke2fs -j /dev/sda3</i>
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<comment>(Create and activate swap)</comment>
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livecd ~ # <i>mkswap /dev/sda2 && swapon /dev/sda2</i>
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</pre>
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<p>
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Mount the freshly created file systems on <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>. Create
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directories for the other mount points (like <path>/mnt/gentoo/boot</path>) if
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you need them and mount them too.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Mount the file systems">
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livecd ~ # <i>mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo</i>
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livecd ~ # <i>mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
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livecd ~ # <i>mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot</i>
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livecd ~ # <i>cd /mnt/gentoo</i>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<include href="gentoo-x86-quickinstall-stage.xml"/>
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</section>
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<section>
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<title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Install a kernel source (usually <c>gentoo-sources</c>), configure it, compile
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it and copy the <path>arch/i386/boot/bzImage</path> file to <path>/boot</path>.
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</p>
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<pre caption="Install a kernel source, compile it and install the kernel">
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livecd etc # <i>time emerge gentoo-sources</i>
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real 2m51.435s
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user 0m58.220s
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sys 0m29.890s
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livecd etc # <i>cd /usr/src/linux</i>
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livecd linux # <i>make menuconfig</i>
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<comment>(Configure your kernel)</comment>
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livecd linux # <i>time make -j2</i>
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<comment>(Elapsed time depends highly on the options you selected)</comment>
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real 3m51.962s
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user 3m27.060s
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sys 0m24.310s
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livecd linux # <i>make modules_install</i>
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livecd linux # <i>cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel</i>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<include href="gentoo-x86-quickinstall-system.xml"/>
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</section>
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<section id="reboot">
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<title>Reboot</title>
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<body>
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<p>
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Exit the chrooted environment, unmount all file systems and reboot:
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</p>
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<pre caption="Reboot">
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livecd conf.d # <i>exit</i>
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livecd / # <i>umount /mnt/gentoo/dev /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo</i>
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livecd / # <i>reboot</i>
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<comment>(Don't forget to remove the CD)</comment>
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</pre>
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</body>
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</section>
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<section>
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<include href="gentoo-x86-quickinstall-after-reboot.xml"/>
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</section>
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</chapter>
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