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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
12 | <subsection> |
| 13 | <title>Introduction</title> |
13 | <title>Introduction</title> |
| 14 | <body> |
14 | <body> |
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| 16 | <p> |
16 | <p> |
| 17 | Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to |
17 | Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to |
| 18 | successfully install Gentoo on your box. This of course depends on your |
18 | successfully install Gentoo on your box. This of course depends on your |
| 19 | architecture. |
19 | architecture. |
| 20 | </p> |
20 | </p> |
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| 282 | In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can |
282 | In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can |
| 283 | check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as |
283 | check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as |
| 284 | <path>gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2.md5sum</path>). You can check the MD5 |
284 | <path>gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2.md5sum</path>). You can check the MD5 |
| 285 | checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri |
285 | checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri |
| 286 | link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows. |
286 | link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows. |
| 287 | </p> |
287 | </p> |
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| 289 | <p> |
289 | <p> |
| 290 | Once downloaded, decompress the ISO file (as it is stored in a compressed format |
290 | Once downloaded, decompress the ISO file (as it is stored in a compressed format |
| 291 | using the Burrows-Wheeler text compression algorithm) using <c>bunzip2</c> (on |
291 | using the Burrows-Wheeler text compression algorithm) using <c>bunzip2</c> (on |
| 292 | Unix/Linux systems): |
292 | Unix/Linux systems): |
| 293 | </p> |
293 | </p> |
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| 295 | <pre caption="Decompressing the iso.bz2 file"> |
295 | <pre caption="Decompressing the iso.bz2 file"> |
| 296 | # <i>bunzip2 gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</i> |
296 | # <i>bunzip2 gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</i> |
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297 | </pre> |
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299 | <p> |
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300 | Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to |
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301 | verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with |
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302 | <path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key: |
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303 | </p> |
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305 | <pre caption="Obtaining the public key"> |
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306 | $ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 19462D47</i> |
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307 | </pre> |
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309 | <p> |
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310 | Now verify the signature: |
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311 | </p> |
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313 | <pre caption="Verify the cryptographic signature"> |
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314 | $ <i>gpg --verify <signature file> <downloaded iso></i> |
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315 | <comment>(If everything goes well, you should see something like this:)</comment> |
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316 | gpg: Signature made Mon Apr 19 18:54:40 2004 EDT using DSA key ID 19462D47 |
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317 | gpg: Good signature from "John Davis (Gentoo Linux Developer) <zhen@gentoo.org>" |
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318 | gpg: aka "Gentoo Linux Release Engineering <releng@gentoo.org>" |
| 297 | </pre> |
319 | </pre> |
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| 299 | <p> |
321 | <p> |
| 300 | To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you |
322 | To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you |
| 301 | do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular |
323 | do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular |
| 302 | tools on how to do this. |
324 | tools on how to do this. |
| 303 | </p> |
325 | </p> |
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| 305 | <ul> |
327 | <ul> |
| 306 | <li> |
328 | <li> |
| 307 | With EasyCD Creator you select <c>File</c>, <c>Record CD |
329 | With EasyCD Creator you select <c>File</c>, <c>Record CD |
| 308 | from CD image</c>. Then you change the <c>Files of type</c> to <c>ISO image |
330 | from CD image</c>. Then you change the <c>Files of type</c> to <c>ISO image |
| 309 | file</c>. Then locate the ISO file and click <c>Open</c>. When you click on |
331 | file</c>. Then locate the ISO file and click <c>Open</c>. When you click on |
| 310 | <c>Start recording</c> the ISO image will be burned correctly onto the CD-R. |
332 | <c>Start recording</c> the ISO image will be burned correctly onto the CD-R. |
| 311 | </li> |
333 | </li> |
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