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9<sections> 9<sections>
10<section> 10<section>
11<title>Hardware Requirements</title> 11<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
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95power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great 95power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great
96installation method for those who would like to know more about the 96installation method for those who would like to know more about the
97inner workings of Gentoo Linux. 97inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
98</p> 98</p>
99 99
100<p>
101A <e>stage1</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
102Internet connection.
103</p>
104
100<table> 105<table>
101<tr> 106<tr>
102 <th>Stage1</th> 107 <th>Stage1</th>
103 <th>Pros and Cons</th> 108 <th>Pros and Cons</th>
104</tr> 109</tr>
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125 <th>-</th> 130 <th>-</th>
126 <ti> 131 <ti>
127 If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time 132 If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time
128 </ti> 133 </ti>
129</tr> 134</tr>
135<tr>
136 <th>-</th>
137 <ti>
138 Not suitable for networkless installations
139 </ti>
140</tr>
130</table> 141</table>
131 142
132<p> 143<p>
133<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this 144<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this
134is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose 145is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
135for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball. 146for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.
136</p> 147</p>
137 148
149<p>
150A <e>stage2</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
151Internet connection.
152</p>
153
138<table> 154<table>
139<tr> 155<tr>
140 <th>Stage2</th> 156 <th>Stage2</th>
141 <th>Pros and Cons</th> 157 <th>Pros and Cons</th>
142</tr> 158</tr>
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161 <ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti> 177 <ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
162</tr> 178</tr>
163<tr> 179<tr>
164 <th>-</th> 180 <th>-</th>
165 <ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti> 181 <ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
182</tr>
183<tr>
184 <th>-</th>
185 <ti>
186 Not suitable for networkless installations
187 </ti>
166</tr> 188</tr>
167</table> 189</table>
168 190
169<p> 191<p>
170Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo 192Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
171Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization 193Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization
172settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings 194settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
173and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining 195and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
174stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using 196stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
175prebuilt packages. 197prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
176</p> 198</p>
177 199
178<table> 200<table>
179<tr> 201<tr>
180 <th>Stage3</th> 202 <th>Stage3</th>
181 <th>Pros and Cons</th> 203 <th>Pros and Cons</th>
182</tr> 204</tr>
183<tr> 205<tr>
184 <th>+</th> 206 <th>+</th>
185 <ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti> 207 <ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti>
208</tr>
209<tr>
210 <th>+</th>
211 <ti>Suitable for networkless installations</ti>
186</tr> 212</tr>
187<tr> 213<tr>
188 <th>-</th> 214 <th>-</th>
189 <ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti> 215 <ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
190</tr> 216</tr>
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302 With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace 328 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 329 <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed
304 by the path to the ISO file :) 330 by the path to the ISO file :)
305 </li> 331 </li>
306 <li> 332 <li>
307 With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> &gt; <c>CD</c> &gt; <c>Burn Image</c>. The 333 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 334 you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click
309 <c>Start</c>. 335 <c>Start</c>.
310 </li> 336 </li>
311</ul> 337</ul>
312 338
313</body> 339</body>
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