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9<sections> 9<sections>
10
11<version>2.7</version>
12<date>2005-08-25</date>
13
10<section> 14<section>
11<title>Hardware Requirements</title> 15<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
12<subsection> 16<subsection>
13<title>Introduction</title> 17<title>Introduction</title>
14<body> 18<body>
15 19
16<p> 20<p>
17Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to 21Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to
18successfully install Gentoo on your box. This of course depends on your 22successfully install Gentoo on your box.
19architecture.
20</p> 23</p>
21 24
22</body> 25</body>
23</subsection>
24<subsection> 26</subsection>
25<title>The Alpha Architecture</title> 27<subsection>
28<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
29<body>
30
31<table>
32<tr>
33 <th>CPU</th>
34 <ti>
35 Please check with the <uri
36 link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-5.html">Alpha/Linux FAQ</uri>
37 </ti>
38</tr>
39<tr>
40 <th>Memory</th>
41 <ti>64 MB</ti>
42</tr>
43<tr>
44 <th>Diskspace</th>
45 <ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
46</tr>
47<tr>
48 <th>Swap space</th>
49 <ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
50</tr>
51</table>
52
26<body> 53</body>
54</subsection>
55</section>
56<!-- Copy/paste from the hb-install-x86-medium.xml file. -->
57<!-- START -->
58<section>
59<title>The Gentoo Installation Approaches</title>
60<subsection>
61<title>Introduction</title>
62<body>
27 63
28<p> 64<p>
29Check the following requirements before you 65Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three <e>stage</e> tarball files.
30continue with the Gentoo installation: 66A stage file is a tarball (compressed archive) that contains a minimal
67environment.
31</p> 68</p>
32 69
33<ul> 70<ul>
34<li> 71 <li>
35 You need at least 1 Gb of free disk space 72 A stage1 file contains nothing more than a compiler, Portage (Gentoo's
73 software management system) and a couple of packages on which the compiler
74 or Portage depends.
36</li> 75 </li>
37<li> 76 <li>
38 For the <e>Alpha architecture</e>, you should check with the <uri 77 A stage2 file contains a so-called bootstrapped system, a minimal
39 link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-5.html">Alpha/Linux FAQ</uri> 78 environment from which one can start building all other necessary
79 applications that make a Gentoo environment complete.
40</li> 80 </li>
81 <li>
82 A stage3 file contains a prebuilt minimal system which is almost fully
83 deployable. It only lacks a few applications where you, the Gentoo user,
84 needs to choose which one you want to install.
85 </li>
41</ul> 86</ul>
42 87
88<p>
89To help you decide what stage file you want to use, we have written down the
90major advantages and disadvantages of each stage file.
91</p>
92
43</body> 93</body>
44</subsection>
45</section>
46<section>
47<title>Make your Choice</title>
48<subsection> 94</subsection>
49<title>Introduction</title>
50<body>
51
52<p>
53Still interested in trying out Gentoo? Well, then it is now time to
54choose the installation medium you want to use. Yes, you have the
55choice, no, they are not all equal, and yes, the result is always the same: a
56Gentoo base system.
57</p>
58
59<p>
60The installation media we will describe are:
61</p>
62
63<ul>
64<li>The Gentoo Alpha LiveCD</li>
65</ul>
66
67<p>
68Before we continue, let's explain our three-stage installation.
69</p>
70
71</body>
72</subsection> 95<subsection>
73<subsection> 96<title>A Stage1 Approach</title>
74<title>The Three Stages</title>
75<body> 97<body>
76 98
77<p>
78Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three <e>stage</e> tarball files.
79The one you choose depends on how much of the system you want to compile
80yourself. The <e>stage1</e> tarball is used when you want to bootstrap and
81build the entire system from scratch. The <e>stage2</e> tarball is used for
82building the entire system from a bootstrapped &quot;semi-compiled&quot; state.
83The <e>stage3</e> tarball already contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has
84been built for you.
85</p> 99<p>
86 100A <e>stage1</e> is used when you want to bootstrap and build the entire system
101from scratch.
87<p> 102</p>
88Now what stage do you have to choose? 103
89</p> 104<p>
90
91<p>
92Starting from a <e>stage1</e> allows you to have total control over the 105Starting from a stage1 allows you to have total control over the
93optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is 106optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is
94initially enabled on your system. This makes <e>stage1</e> installs good for 107initially enabled on your system. This makes <e>stage1</e> installs good for
95power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great 108power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great
96installation method for those who would like to know more about the 109installation method for those who would like to know more about the
97inner workings of Gentoo Linux. 110inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
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122 <ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti> 135 <ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti>
123</tr> 136</tr>
124<tr> 137<tr>
125 <th>-</th> 138 <th>-</th>
126 <ti> 139 <ti>
127 If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time 140 If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is a waste of time
141 </ti>
142</tr>
143<tr>
144 <th>-</th>
145 <ti>
146 Requires a working Internet connection during the installation
128 </ti> 147 </ti>
129</tr> 148</tr>
130</table> 149</table>
131 150
151</body>
152</subsection>
153<subsection>
154<title>A Stage2 Approach</title>
155<body>
156
157<p>
158A <e>stage2</e> is used for building the entire system from a bootstrapped
159"semi-compiled" state.
132<p> 160</p>
161
162<p>
133<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this 163Stage2 installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process; doing this
134is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose 164is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
135for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball. 165for your particular stage2 tarball.
136</p> 166</p>
137 167
138<table> 168<table>
139<tr> 169<tr>
140 <th>Stage2</th> 170 <th>Stage2</th>
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156 <th>-</th> 186 <th>-</th>
157 <ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti> 187 <ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti>
158</tr> 188</tr>
159<tr> 189<tr>
160 <th>-</th> 190 <th>-</th>
161 <ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti> 191 <ti>It's still not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
162</tr> 192</tr>
163<tr> 193<tr>
164 <th>-</th> 194 <th>-</th>
165 <ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti> 195 <ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
166</tr> 196</tr>
197<tr>
198 <th>-</th>
199 <ti>
200 Requires a working Internet connection during the installation
201 </ti>
202</tr>
167</table> 203</table>
168 204
205</body>
206</subsection>
207<subsection>
208<title>A Stage3 Approach</title>
209<body>
210
211<p>
212A <e>stage3</e> installation contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has been
213built for you. You will only need to build a few packages of which we can't
214decide for you which one to choose.
169<p> 215</p>
216
217<p>
170Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo 218Choosing to go with a stage3 allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
171Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization 219Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization
172settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings 220settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
173and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining 221and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
174stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using 222stability). Stage3 is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
175prebuilt packages. 223prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
176</p> 224</p>
177 225
178<table> 226<table>
179<tr> 227<tr>
180 <th>Stage3</th> 228 <th>Stage3</th>
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186</tr> 234</tr>
187<tr> 235<tr>
188 <th>-</th> 236 <th>-</th>
189 <ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti> 237 <ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
190</tr> 238</tr>
191<tr>
192 <th>-</th>
193 <ti>You cannot brag about having used stage1 or stage2</ti>
194</tr>
195</table> 239</table>
196 240
197<p> 241<p>
198Write down (or remember) what stage you want to use. You need this later when
199you decide what LiveCD (or other installation medium) you want to use. You might
200be interested to know that, if you decide to use different optimization settings 242You might be interested to know that, if you decide to use different
201after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to recompile your entire system 243optimization settings after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to
202with the new optimization settings. 244recompile your entire system with the new optimization settings.
203</p>
204
205<p>
206Now take a look at the available installation media.
207</p>
208
209</body>
210</subsection>
211<subsection>
212<title>The Gentoo Alpha LiveCD</title>
213<body>
214
215<p>
216The <e>Gentoo Alpha LiveCD</e> is a bootable CD which contain a
217self-sustained Gentoo environment. It allows you to boot Linux from the CD.
218During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
219are loaded. It is maintained by Gentoo developers.
220</p>
221
222<p>
223The <e>Gentoo Alpha LiveCD</e> is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole
224purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue with the
225Gentoo installation. It does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a
226single stage1 file), source code or precompiled packages. For example the
227alpha variant of this LiveCD can be found in the
228<path>releases/1.4_rc1/alpha</path> subdirectory and is called
229<c>gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</c>.
230</p> 245</p>
231 246
232</body> 247</body>
233</subsection> 248</subsection>
234</section> 249</section>
235<section> 250<section>
236<title>Download, Burn and Boot the Gentoo LiveCD</title> 251<title>The Gentoo Installation CDs</title>
252<subsection>
253<title>Introduction</title>
254<body>
255
256<p>
257The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
258self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
259During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
260are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
261</p>
262
263<p>
264All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
265partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. We currently provide
266two Installation CDs which are equaly suitable to install Gentoo from, as long
267as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the
268latest version of the available packages.
269</p>
270
271<p>
272If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, please use
273the installation instructions described in the <uri
274link="2005.1/index.xml">Gentoo 2005.1 Handbooks</uri>.
275</p>
276
277<p>
278The two Installation CDs we currently provide are:
279</p>
280
281<ul>
282 <li>
283 The Gentoo Minimal Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which
284 sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue
285 with the Gentoo installation.
286 </li>
287 <li>
288 The Gentoo Universal Installation CD, a bootable CD with the same abilities
289 as the Minimal Installation CD. Additionally, it contains a stage1 and
290 several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the individual subarchitectures).
291 </li>
292</ul>
293
294<p>
295To help you decide which Installation CD you need, we have written down the
296major advantages and disadvantages of each Installation CD.
297</p>
298
299</body>
237<subsection> 300</subsection>
238<title>Downloading and Burning the LiveCDs</title> 301<subsection>
302<title>Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD</title>
303<body>
304
305<p>
306The Minimal Installation CD is called <c>install-alpha-minimal-2005.1.iso</c>
307and takes up only 54 MB of diskspace. You can use this Installation CD to
308install Gentoo, but always with a working Internet connection only.
309</p>
310
311<table>
312<tr>
313 <th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
314 <th>Pros and Cons</th>
315</tr>
316<tr>
317 <th>+</th>
318 <ti>Smallest download</ti>
319</tr>
320<tr>
321 <th>+</th>
322 <ti>
323 You can do a stage1, stage2 or stage3 by getting the stage tarball off the
324 net
325 </ti>
326</tr>
327<tr>
328 <th>-</th>
329 <ti>
330 Contains no stages, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and is
331 therefore not suitable for networkless installation
332 </ti>
333</tr>
334</table>
335
239<body> 336</body>
337</subsection>
338<subsection>
339<title>Gentoo's Universal Installation CD</title>
340<body>
240 341
241<p>
242You have chosen to use a Gentoo LiveCD (if not, then you are reading the
243wrong document). We'll first start by downloading and burning the chosen
244LiveCD.
245</p> 342<p>
246 343The Universal Installation CD is called <c>install-alpha-universal-2005.1.iso</c>
344and consumes the entire surface of a 650 MB CD. You can use this Installation CD
345to install Gentoo, and you can even use it to install Gentoo without a working
346internet connection, just in case you want to bring Gentoo to another PC than
347the one you are currently installing Gentoo on :)
247<p> 348</p>
248Visit one of our <uri 349
249link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to 350<table>
250<path>releases/1.4rc1/alpha</path> which is where the LiveCD(s) of your choice 351<tr>
352 <th>Universal Installation CD</th>
353 <th>Pros and Cons</th>
354</tr>
355<tr>
356 <ti>+</ti>
357 <ti>
358 Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
359 connection.
360 </ti>
361</tr>
362<tr>
363 <ti>-</ti>
364 <ti>
365 Huge download
366 </ti>
367</tr>
368</table>
369
370</body>
371</subsection>
372<subsection>
373<title>Other CDs</title>
374<body>
375
376<p>
377You might find a so-called Package CD on one of our mirrors. This CD is no
378Installation CD but an additional resource that can be exploited during a
379networkless installation. It contains prebuilt packages (the so-called GRP set)
380that allows you to easily and quickly install additional applications (such as
381OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the networkless Gentoo
382installation.
383</p>
384
385</body>
386</subsection>
387</section>
388<!-- STOP -->
389<section>
390<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
391<subsection>
392<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
393<body>
394
395<p>
396You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
397downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
398the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
399</p>
400
401<p>
402You can download any of the Installation CDs (and, if you want to, a Packages
403CD as well) from one of our <uri link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The
404Installation CDs are located in the <path>releases/alpha/2005.1/installcd</path>
405directory.
406</p>
407
408<p>
251are located. Inside that directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are 409Inside that directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images
252full CD images which you can write on a CD-R. 410which you can write on a CD-R.
253</p> 411</p>
254 412
255<p> 413<p>
256In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can 414In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can
257check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as 415check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as
258<path>gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2.md5sum</path>). You can check the MD5 416<path>install-alpha-minimal-2005.1.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5
259checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri 417checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
260link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows. 418link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows.
261</p>
262
263<p> 419</p>
264Once downloaded, decompress the ISO file (as it is stored in a compressed format 420
265using the Burrows-Wheeler text compression algorithm) using <c>bunzip2</c> (on
266Unix/Linux systems):
267</p> 421<p>
422Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to
423verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
424<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key:
425</p>
268 426
269<pre caption="Decompressing the iso.bz2 file"> 427<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
270# <i>bunzip2 gentoo-alpha-1.4rc1-test3.iso.bz2</i> 428$ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 17072058</i>
429</pre>
430
431<p>
432Now verify the signature:
433</p>
434
435<pre caption="Verify the cryptographic signature">
436$ <i>gpg --verify &lt;signature file&gt; &lt;downloaded iso&gt;</i>
271</pre> 437</pre>
272 438
273<p> 439<p>
274To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you 440To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you
275do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular 441do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c> and
276tools on how to do this. 442<c>K3B</c> here; more information can be found in our <uri
443link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
277</p> 444</p>
278 445
279<ul> 446<ul>
280 <li> 447 <li>
281 With EasyCD Creator you select <c>File</c>, <c>Record CD 448 With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc &lt;downloaded iso
282 from CD image</c>. Then you change the <c>Files of type</c> to <c>ISO image 449 file&gt;</c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's
283 file</c>. Then locate the ISO file and click <c>Open</c>. When you click on 450 device path).
284 <c>Start recording</c> the ISO image will be burned correctly onto the CD-R.
285 </li> 451 </li>
286 <li> 452 <li>
287 With Nero Burning ROM, select <c>File</c>, <c>Burn CD image</c>. Set the
288 type of file to <c>*.*</c> and select the ISO file. Older versions of Nero
289 will tell you they don't recognize the format -- confirm here, it does
290 recognize it but doesn't know it yet :) In the next dialog, set the
291 following parameters:
292 <ul>
293 <li>Type of image: <c>Data Mode 1</c></li>
294 <li>Block size: <c>2048 bytes</c></li>
295 <li>File precursor and length of the image trailer: <c>0 bytes</c></li>
296 <li>Scrambled: <c>no</c></li>
297 <li>Swapped: <c>no</c></li>
298 </ul>
299 Now click on <c>OK</c> and then <c>Burn</c> (the CD-R)
300 </li>
301 <li>
302 With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace
303 <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed
304 by the path to the ISO file :)
305 </li>
306 <li>
307 With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> &gt; <c>CD</c> &gt; <c>Burn Image</c>. The 453 With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> &gt; <c>CD</c> &gt; <c>Burn Image</c>. Then
308 under the 'Image to Burn' area, locate the ISO file. Finally click 454 you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click
309 <c>Start</c>. 455 <c>Start</c>.
310 </li> 456 </li>
311</ul> 457</ul>
312 458
313</body> 459</body>
314</subsection> 460</subsection>
315<subsection> 461<subsection>
316<title>Booting the Alpha LiveCD(s)</title> 462<title>Booting the Installation CD</title>
317<body> 463<body>
318 464
319<p> 465<p>
320When your Alpha is powered on, the first thing that gets started is the 466When your Alpha is powered on, the first thing that gets started is the
321firmware. It is loosely synonymous with the BIOS software on PC systems. There 467firmware. It is loosely synonymous with the BIOS software on PC systems. There
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323Manual</e>) and ARC (<e>Advanced Risc Console</e>). 469Manual</e>) and ARC (<e>Advanced Risc Console</e>).
324</p> 470</p>
325 471
326<p> 472<p>
327SRM is based on the Alpha Console Subsystem specification, which provides an 473SRM is based on the Alpha Console Subsystem specification, which provides an
328operating environment for OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Linux operating systems. ARM 474operating environment for OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Linux operating systems. ARC
329is based on the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) specification, which provides 475is based on the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) specification, which provides
330an operating environment for Windows NT. 476an operating environment for Windows NT. You can find a
331</p> 477<uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/SRM-HOWTO/">detailed guide</uri> on
332 478using SRM over at the Alpha Linux website.
333<p> 479</p>
480
481<p>
334If your Alpha system supports both SRC and ARCs (ARC, AlphaBIOS, ARCSBIOS) you 482If your Alpha system supports both SRM and ARCs (ARC, AlphaBIOS, ARCSBIOS) you
335should follow <uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/x31.html">these 483should follow <uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/x31.html">these
336instructions</uri> for switching to SRM. If your system already uses SRM, you 484instructions</uri> for switching to SRM. If your system already uses SRM, you
337are all set. If your system can only use ARCs (Ruffian, nautilus, xl, etc.) you 485are all set. If your system can only use ARCs (Ruffian, nautilus, xl, etc.) you
338will need to choose <c>MILO</c> later on when we are talking about bootloaders. 486will need to choose <c>MILO</c> later on when we are talking about bootloaders.
339</p> 487</p>
340 488
341<p> 489<p>
342Now to boot an Alpha LiveCD, put the CD-ROM in the tray and reboot the system. 490Now to boot an Alpha Installation CD, put the CD-ROM in the tray and reboot the
343You can use SRM to boot the LiveCD. If you cannot do that, you will have to use 491system. You can use SRM to boot the Installation CD. If you cannot do that, you
344<c>MILO</c>. If you don't have <c>MILO</c> installed already, use one of the 492will have to use <c>MILO</c>. If you don't have <c>MILO</c> installed already,
345precompiled <c>MILO</c> images available on <uri 493use one of the precompiled <c>MILO</c> images available on <uri
346link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/milo/">taviso's homepage</uri>. 494link="http://dev.gentoo.org/~taviso/milo/">taviso's homepage</uri>.
347</p> 495</p>
348 496
349<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using SRM"> 497<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using SRM">
350<comment>(List available hardware drives)</comment> 498<comment>(List available hardware drives)</comment>
351&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>show device</i> 499&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>show device</i>
352dkb0.0.1.4.0 DKB0 TOSHIBA CDROM 500dkb0.0.1.4.0 DKB0 TOSHIBA CDROM
353<comment>(...)</comment> 501<comment>(...)</comment>
354<comment>(Substitute dkb0 with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment> 502<comment>(Substitute dkb0 with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
355&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>boot dkb0 -flags 0</i> 503&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>boot dkb0 -flags 0</i>
504<comment>To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:</comment>
505&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>boot dkb -flags 1</i>
356</pre> 506</pre>
357 507
358<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using MILO"> 508<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using MILO">
359<comment>(Substitute hdb with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment> 509<comment>(Substitute hdb with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
360MILO&gt; <i>boot hdb:boot/vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc</i> 510MILO&gt; <i>boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.6 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_6.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs cdroot</i>
511<comment>To boot the 2.4 kernel instead of the default 2.6 kernel use:</comment>
512MILO&gt; <i>boot hdb:/boot/gentoo_2.4 initrd=/boot/gentoo_2_4.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=zisofs loop=/zisofs cdroot</i>
361</pre> 513</pre>
362 514
363<p> 515<p>
364You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch 516You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch
365to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you 517to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you
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375<subsection id="hardware"> 527<subsection id="hardware">
376<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title> 528<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>
377<body> 529<body>
378 530
379<p> 531<p>
380When the Live CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and 532When the Installation CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and
381loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the 533loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the
382vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases (the 534vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases it may
383SPARC LiveCDs don't even do autodetection), it may not auto-load the kernel 535not auto-load the kernel
384modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's 536modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's
385hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually. 537hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually.
386</p> 538</p>
387 539
388<p> 540<p>
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422<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i> 574<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>
423</pre> 575</pre>
424 576
425</body> 577</body>
426</subsection> 578</subsection>
427<subsection> 579<subsection id="useraccounts">
428<title>Optional: User Accounts</title> 580<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>
429<body> 581<body>
430 582
431<p> 583<p>
432If you plan on giving other people access to your installation 584If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
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450its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks. 602its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.
451In the next example, we create a user called &quot;john&quot;. 603In the next example, we create a user called &quot;john&quot;.
452</p> 604</p>
453 605
454<pre caption="Creating a user account"> 606<pre caption="Creating a user account">
455# <i>useradd john</i> 607# <i>useradd -m -G users john</i>
456# <i>passwd john</i> 608# <i>passwd john</i>
457New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment> 609New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>
458Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment> 610Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>
459</pre> 611</pre>
460 612
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462You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using 614You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using
463<c>su</c>: 615<c>su</c>:
464</p> 616</p>
465 617
466<pre caption="Changing user id"> 618<pre caption="Changing user id">
467# <i>su john -</i> 619# <i>su - john</i>
620</pre>
621
622</body>
623</subsection>
624<subsection>
625<title>Optional: Viewing Documentation while Installing</title>
626<body>
627
628<p>
629If you want to view the Gentoo Handbook (either from-CD or online) during the
630installation, make sure you have created a user account (see <uri
631link="#useraccounts">Optional: User Accounts</uri>). Then press <c>Alt-F2</c> to
632go to a new terminal and log in.
468</pre> 633</p>
634
635<p>
636If you want to view the documentation on the CD you can immediately run
637<c>lynx</c> to read it:
638</p>
639
640<pre caption="Viewing the on-CD documentation">
641# <i>lynx /mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html</i>
642</pre>
643
644<p>
645However, it is preferred that you use the online Gentoo Handbook as it will be
646more recent than the one provided on the CD. You can view it using <c>lynx</c>
647as well, but only after having completed the <e>Configuring your Network</e>
648chapter (otherwise you won't be able to go on the Internet to view the
649document):
650</p>
651
652<pre caption="Viewing the Online Documentation">
653# <i>lynx http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-alpha.xml</i>
654</pre>
655
656<p>
657You can go back to your original terminal by pressing <c>Alt-F1</c>.
658</p>
469 659
470</body> 660</body>
471</subsection> 661</subsection>
472<subsection> 662<subsection>
473<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title> 663<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>
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488<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon"> 678<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">
489# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i> 679# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>
490</pre> 680</pre>
491 681
492<p> 682<p>
493To be able to use sshd, you first need to setup your networking. Continue with 683To be able to use sshd, you first need to set up your networking. Continue with
494the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&amp;chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>. 684the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&amp;chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.
495</p> 685</p>
496 686
497</body> 687</body>
498</subsection> 688</subsection>
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