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9	<sections>	9	<sections>
		10
		11	<version>1.31</version>
		12	<date>November 4, 2004</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>
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30	continue with the Gentoo installation:	34	continue with the Gentoo installation:
31	</p>	35	</p>
32		36
33	<ul>	37	<ul>
34	<li>	38	<li>
35	You need at least 1 Gb of free disk space	39	You need at least 2 GB of free disk space
36	</li>	40	</li>
37	<li>	41	<li>
38	If you do not use prebuilt packages, you need at least 300 Mb of memory (RAM +	42	If you do not use prebuilt packages, you need at least 300 MB of memory (RAM +
39	swap)	43	swap), if you do use prebuilt packages you need at least 64 MB of memory to boot the system.
40	</li>	44	</li>
41	<li>	45	<li>
42	For the <e>PowerPC architecture</e>, you can install Gentoo/PPC on machines	46	For the <e>PowerPC architecture</e>, you can install Gentoo/PPC on NewWorld machines
43	having a Power or PowerPC microprocessor, including but not limited to G3, G4	47	having a Power or PowerPC microprocessor, including but not limited to G3, G4
44	or G5 powered Apple computers such as the iMac, the iBook, the PowerBook,	48	or G5 powered Apple computers such as the iMac, the eMac, the iBook, the PowerBook,
45	Xserve, PowerMac, ... We also provide limited support for oldworld systems,	49	Xserve, PowerMac, and bPlan's Pegasos II. We also provide limited
46	IBM (rs/6000, iSeries, zSeries, ...), Amiga and Pegasos systems.	50	support for OldWorld systems, IBM (RS/6000, iSeries, pSeries, ...) and Amiga
47	Be sure to read up on the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo PPC	51	systems. Be sure to read up on the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo
48	FAQ</uri> too before you begin.	52	PPC FAQ</uri> before you begin.
49	</li>	53	</li>
50	</ul>	54	</ul>
51		55
52	</body>	56	</body>
53	</subsection>	57	</subsection>
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110	power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great	114	power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great
111	installation method for those who would like to know more about the	115	installation method for those who would like to know more about the
112	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.	116	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
113	</p>	117	</p>
114		118
		119	<p>
		120	A <e>stage1</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
		121	Internet connection.
		122	</p>
		123
115	<table>	124	<table>
116	<tr>	125	<tr>
117	<th>Stage1</th>	126	<th>Stage1</th>
118	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	127	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
119	</tr>	128	</tr>
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138	</tr>	147	</tr>
139	<tr>	148	<tr>
140	<th>-</th>	149	<th>-</th>
141	<ti>	150	<ti>
142	If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time	151	If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time
		152	</ti>
		153	</tr>
		154	<tr>
		155	<th>-</th>
		156	<ti>
		157	Not suitable for networkless installations
143	</ti>	158	</ti>
144	</tr>	159	</tr>
145	</table>	160	</table>
146		161
147	<p>	162	<p>
148	<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this	163	<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this
149	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose	164	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
150	for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.	165	for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.
151	</p>	166	</p>
152		167
		168	<p>
		169	A <e>stage2</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
		170	Internet connection.
		171	</p>
		172
153	<table>	173	<table>
154	<tr>	174	<tr>
155	<th>Stage2</th>	175	<th>Stage2</th>
156	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	176	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
157	</tr>	177	</tr>
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176	<ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>	196	<ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
177	</tr>	197	</tr>
178	<tr>	198	<tr>
179	<th>-</th>	199	<th>-</th>
180	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>	200	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
		201	</tr>
		202	<tr>
		203	<th>-</th>
		204	<ti>
		205	Not suitable for networkless installations
		206	</ti>
181	</tr>	207	</tr>
182	</table>	208	</table>
183		209
184	<p>	210	<p>
185	Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo	211	Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
186	Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization	212	Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization
187	settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings	213	settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
188	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining	214	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
189	stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using	215	stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
190	prebuilt packages.	216	prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
191	</p>	217	</p>
192		218
193	<table>	219	<table>
194	<tr>	220	<tr>
195	<th>Stage3</th>	221	<th>Stage3</th>
196	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	222	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
197	</tr>	223	</tr>
198	<tr>	224	<tr>
199	<th>+</th>	225	<th>+</th>
200	<ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti>	226	<ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti>
		227	</tr>
		228	<tr>
		229	<th>+</th>
		230	<ti>Suitable for networkless installations</ti>
201	</tr>	231	</tr>
202	<tr>	232	<tr>
203	<th>-</th>	233	<th>-</th>
204	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>	234	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
205	</tr>	235	</tr>
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225	</subsection>	255	</subsection>
226	<subsection>	256	<subsection>
227	<title>Gentoo LiveCDs</title>	257	<title>Gentoo LiveCDs</title>
228	<body>	258	<body>
229		259
		260	<note>
		261	The Gentoo/PPC 2004.2 release is not official, so you will not find them on the
		262	mirrors. All of our self-organised mirrors are currently down. The only chance
		263	you can get the LiveCDs is via <uri
		264	link="http://torrents.gentoo.org/torrents/">BitTorrent</uri>.
		265	</note>
		266
		267	<note>
		268	It is known that the Pegasos II will not boot the 2004.2 LiveCD. Please use the
		269	2004.1 LiveCD.
		270	</note>
		271
230	<p>	272	<p>
231	The <e>Gentoo LiveCDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a	273	The <e>Gentoo LiveCDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
232	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.	274	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
233	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers	275	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
234	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.	276	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
235	</p>	277	</p>
236		278
237	<p>	279	<p>
238	All LiveCDs allow you to boot, setup networking, initialize your	280	All LiveCDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
239	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. However, some	281	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. However, some
240	LiveCDs also contain all necessary source code so you are able to install	282	LiveCDs also contain all necessary source code so you are able to install
241	Gentoo without a working network configuration.	283	Gentoo without a working network configuration.
242	</p>	284	</p>
243		285
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254	<p>	296	<p>
255	This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the	297	This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the
256	system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It	298	system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It
257	does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file),	299	does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file),
258	source code or precompiled packages. For example the ppc variant of this	300	source code or precompiled packages. For example the ppc variant of this
259	LiveCD can be found in the <path>universal</path> subdirectory and is called	301	LiveCD can be found in the <path>livecd</path> subdirectory and is called
260	<c>install-ppc-minimal-2004.0.iso</c>.	302	<c>install-ppc-minimal-2004.2.iso</c>.
261	</p>	303	</p>
262		304
263	<table>	305	<table>
264	<tr>	306	<tr>
265	<th>Minimal LiveCD</th>	307	<th>Minimal LiveCD</th>
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281	</ti>	323	</ti>
282	</tr>	324	</tr>
283	<tr>	325	<tr>
284	<th>-</th>	326	<th>-</th>
285	<ti>	327	<ti>
286	Contains no stages, no portage snapshot, no GRP packages and therefore not	328	Contains no stages, no Portage snapshot, no GRP packages and therefore not
287	suitable for networkless installation	329	suitable for networkless installation
288	</ti>	330	</ti>
289	</tr>	331	</tr>
290	</table>	332	</table>
291		333
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297		339
298	<p>	340	<p>
299	Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without	341	Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without
300	networking. It contains a stage1 and several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the	342	networking. It contains a stage1 and several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the
301	individual subarchitectures). For example the ppc variant of this CD is called	343	individual subarchitectures). For example the ppc variant of this CD is called
302	<c>install-ppc-universal-2004.0.iso</c> and can be found in the	344	<c>install-ppc-universal-2004.2.iso</c> and can be found in the
303	<path>universal</path> subdirectory.	345	<path>livecd</path> subdirectory.
304	</p>
305
306	<p>	346	</p>
307	If you take a closer look into our <path>livecd</path> directory you will see	347
		348	<p>
		349	If you take a closer look on our mirrors, you will see
308	that some architectures provide <e>Gentoo Package CDs</e>. This CD (which isn't	350	that we provide <e>Gentoo Package CDs</e>. This CD (which isn't
309	bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software	351	bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software
310	after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only	352	after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only
311	need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME	353	need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME
312	etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages	354	etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages
313	CD too. For example the G4 (a subarchitecture of ppc) Packages CD is	355	CD too. For example the G4 (a subarchitecture of ppc) Packages CD is
314	called <c>packages-g4-2004.0.iso</c> and can be found in the appropriate	356	called <c>packages-g4-2004.2.iso</c> and can be found in the appropriate
315	subdirectory (<path>g4/</path>).	357	subdirectory (<path>g4/</path>).
		358	</p>
		359
		360	<p>
		361	You only need the Packages CD if you want to perform a stage3 with GRP
		362	installation.
316	</p>	363	</p>
317		364
318	<table>	365	<table>
319	<tr>	366	<tr>
320	<th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th>	367	<th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th>
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360	</p>	407	</p>
361		408
362	<p>	409	<p>
363	Visit one of our <uri	410	Visit one of our <uri
364	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to	411	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to
365	<path>releases/ppc/2004.0/livecd/universal</path>, which is	412	<path>releases/ppc/2004.2/livecd</path>, which is
366	the path where the LiveCD(s) of your choice are located. Inside that	413	the path where the LiveCD(s) of your choice are located. Inside that
367	directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images	414	directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images
368	which you can write on a CD-R.	415	which you can write on a CD-R.
369	</p>	416	</p>
370		417
371	<p>	418	<p>
372	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can	419	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can
373	check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as	420	check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as
374	<path>install-ppc-minimal-2004.0.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 checksum	421	<path>install-ppc-minimal-2004.2.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 checksum
375	with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri	422	with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
376	link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows.	423	link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows.
		424	</p>
		425
		426	<p>
		427	As long as Mac OS X does not support <c>md5sum</c> you have to use the md5
		428	capability of <c>openssl</c>. Therefore type in Terminal.app:
		429	</p>
		430
		431	<pre caption="md5sum with the help of openssl">
		432	$ <i>openssl md5 /path/to/iso</i>
		433	<comment>This could take some time depending of the size of the ISO and your CPU</comment>
		434	</pre>
		435
		436	<p>
		437	Now compare this output with the appropriate file found on the server where you
		438	downloaded the ISO (the file will end with .md5). If it is the same, the ISO
		439	image downloaded correctly. Be sure you have not mounted it (e.g. with Disk
		440	Copy) yet!
		441	</p>
		442
		443	<p>
		444	More information are available in our <uri
		445	link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">PPC FAQ.</uri>
377	</p>	446	</p>
378		447
379	<p>	448	<p>
380	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you	449	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you
381	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular	450	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c>,
382	tools on how to do this.	451	<c>k3b</c> and the MacOS burning possibilities here; more information can
		452	be found in our <uri link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri> and
		453	the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">PPC FAQ</uri>.
383	</p>	454	</p>
384		455
385	<ul>	456	<ul>
386	<li>
387	With EasyCD Creator you select <c>File</c>, <c>Record CD
388	from CD image</c>. Then you change the <c>Files of type</c> to <c>ISO image
389	file</c>. Then locate the ISO file and click <c>Open</c>. When you click on
390	<c>Start recording</c> the ISO image will be burned correctly onto the CD-R.
391	</li>
392	<li>
393	With Nero Burning ROM, select <c>File</c>, <c>Burn CD image</c>. Set the
394	type of file to <c>.</c> and select the ISO file. Older versions of Nero
395	will tell you they don't recognize the format -- confirm here, it does
396	recognize it but doesn't know it yet :) In the next dialog, set the
397	following parameters:
398	<ul>
399	<li>Type of image: <c>Data Mode 1</c></li>
400	<li>Block size: <c>2048 bytes</c></li>
401	<li>File precursor and length of the image trailer: <c>0 bytes</c></li>
402	<li>Scrambled: <c>no</c></li>
403	<li>Swapped: <c>no</c></li>
404	</ul>
405	Now click on <c>OK</c> and then <c>Burn</c> (the CD-R)
406	</li>
407	<li>	457	<li>
408	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace	458	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace
409	<path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed	459	<path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed
410	by the path to the ISO file :)	460	by the path to the ISO file :)
411	</li>	461	</li>
412	<li>	462	<li>
		463	With k3b, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>CD</c> > <c>Burn Image</c>. Then
		464	you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click
		465	<c>Start</c>.
		466	</li>
		467	<li>
413	With Mac OS X Panther, launch <c>Disk Utility</c> from	468	With Mac OS X Panther, launch <c>Disk Utility</c> from
414	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Open</c> from the	469	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Open</c> from the
415	<c>Images</c> menu, select the mounted disk image in the main window and	470	<c>Images</c> menu, select the mounted disk image in the main window and
416	select <c>Burn</c> in the <c>Images</c> menu.	471	select <c>Burn</c> in the <c>Images</c> menu.
417	</li>	472	</li>
418	<li>	473	<li>
419	With Mac OS X Jaguar, launch <c>Disk Copy</c> from	474	With Mac OS X Jaguar, launch <c>Disk Copy</c> from
420	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Burn Image</c> from the	475	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Burn Image</c> from the
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422	</li>	477	</li>
423	</ul>	478	</ul>
424		479
425	</body>	480	</body>
426	</subsection>	481	</subsection>
		482	</section>
427	<subsection>	483	<section>
428	<title>Booting the PPC LiveCD(s)</title>	484	<title>Booting the PPC LiveCD(s)</title>
		485	<subsection>
		486	<title>Default: Apple/IBM</title>
429	<body>	487	<body>
430		488
		489	<p>
		490	On NewWorld machines place the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and reboot the system. When
		491	the system-start-bell sounds, simply hold down the 'C' until the CD loads.
431	<p>	492	</p>
432	Place the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and reboot the system. Hold down the 'C' key at	493
433	bootup (or run an OldWorld bootloader like BootX or quik). You will be greeted	494	<p>
434	by a friendly welcome message and a <e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the	495	If you have an OldWorld Mac the bootable portion of the livecd can't be used.
435	screen.	496	Instead you need to download <uri
		497	link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/bootx/">BootX</uri> and have a working
		498	MacOS installed on your system. You need to copy the <c>BootX Extension</c> from
		499	the unpacked archive-file into the <c>Extensions Folder</c> and make a new
		500	directory called <c>Linux Kernels</c> in the System Folder. In the next step you
		501	need to copy the <c>G3</c> kernel and the <c>initrd.img.gz</c> from the LiveCD
		502	into the <c>Linux Kernels</c> directory. Then reboot the system and wait for
		503	BootX to load. After BootX loaded you still have to set up a few items. In the
		504	options dialog you need to check <c>Use Specified RAM Disk</c> and select the
		505	<c>initrd.img.gz</c> which you put in the <c>Linux Kernels</c> directory. The
		506	ramdisk size should be set to at least <c>32000</c>. Furthermore the kernel
		507	argument needs to be set to <c>rw init=/linuxrc cdroot</c>. Eventually you are
		508	able to boot the LiveCD when you select Linux on Startup.
		509	</p>
		510
		511	<p>
		512	After the LiveCD loaded, you will be greeted by a friendly welcome message and a
		513	<e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the screen.
436	</p>	514	</p>
437		515
438	<p>	516	<p>
439	At this prompt you are able to select a kernel for the subarchitecture you use.	517	At this prompt you are able to select a kernel for the subarchitecture you use.
440	We provide <c>G3</c>, <c>G3-SMP</c>, <c>G4</c>, <c>G4-SMP</c>, <c>G5</c> and	518	We provide <c>G3</c>, <c>G4</c> and <c>G5</c>. All kernels are built with
441	<c>G5-SMP</c>. The various <c>-SMP</c> kernels are needed if your system has	519	support for multiple CPUs, but they will boot on single processor machines as
442	multiple CPUs.	520	well.
443	</p>	521	</p>
444		522
445	<p>	523	<p>
446	You are also able to tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following	524	You are also able to tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following
447	table lists the available boot options you can add:	525	table lists the available boot options you can add:
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463	</ti>	541	</ti>
464	</tr>	542	</tr>
465	<tr>	543	<tr>
466	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>	544	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>
467	<ti>	545	<ti>
468	Disables level 3 cache on some powerbooks (needed for at least the 17'')	546	Disables level 3 cache on some PowerBooks (needed for at least the 17")
469	</ti>	547	</ti>
470	</tr>	548	</tr>
471	<tr>	549	<tr>
472	<ti><c>debug</c></ti>	550	<ti><c>debug</c></ti>
473	<ti>	551	<ti>
474	Enables verbose booting, spawns an initrd shell that can be used to debug	552	Enables verbose booting, spawns an initrd shell that can be used to debug
475	the LiveCD	553	the LiveCD
476	</ti>	554	</ti>
477	</tr>	555	</tr>
		556	<tr>
		557	<ti><c>sleep=X</c></ti>
		558	<ti>
		559	Wait X seconds before continuing; this can be needed by some very old SCSI
		560	CD-ROMs which don't speed up the CD quick enough
		561	</ti>
		562	</tr>
		563	<tr>
		564	<ti><c>bootfrom=X</c></ti>
		565	<ti>
		566	Boot from a different device
		567	</ti>
		568	</tr>
478	</table>	569	</table>
479		570
480	<p>	571	<p>
481	At this prompt, hit enter, and a complete Gentoo Linux environment will be	572	At this prompt, hit enter, and a complete Gentoo Linux environment will be
482	loaded from the CD. If you experience problems booting, choose the <c>-safe</c>	573	loaded from the CD. Continue with <uri link="#booted">And When You're
483	option at boot. The safe option passes the following extra arguments to the	574	Booted...</uri>.
484	kernel: <c>append="video=ofonly nol3 init=/linuxrc"</c>.
485	</p>
486
487	<p>	575	</p>
488	When the LiveCD is booted, you will be greeted with a login prompt. Log on as	576
489	<c>root</c> (you don't need to enter a password).	577	</body>
		578	</subsection>
		579	<subsection>
		580	<title>Alternative: Pegasos</title>
		581	<body>
		582
490	</p>	583	<p>
491		584	On the Pegasos simply insert the CD and at the SmartFirmware boot-prompt type
492	<pre caption="Logging on onto the LiveCD">	585	<c>boot cd /boot/pegasos root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=gcloop
493	login: <i>root</i>	586	cdroot</c>. If you need any special boot options you can append them to the
494	</pre>	587	command-line. For instance <c>boot cd /boot/pegasos root=/dev/ram0
495		588	init=/linuxrc looptype=gcloop cdroot video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75 mem=256M</c>.
496	<p>	589	</p>
497	You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch	590
		591	</body>
		592	</subsection>
		593	<subsection id="booted">
		594	<title>And When You're Booted...</title>
		595	<body>
		596
		597	<p>
		598	You will be greeted by a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You can also
498	to other consoles by pressing Alt-fn-F2, Alt-fn-F3 and Alt-fn-F4. Get back to	599	switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-fn-F2, Alt-fn-F3 and Alt-fn-F4. Get
499	the one you started on by pressing Alt-fn-F1.	600	back to the one you started on by pressing Alt-fn-F1.
500	</p>	601	</p>
501		602
502	<p>	603	<p>
503	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use	604	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use
504	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available	605	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available
505	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>.	606	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>. Do not use the keymaps in
		607	<path>ppc</path> or <path>mac</path> as they are for ADB-based OldWorld
		608	machines.
506	</p>	609	</p>
507		610
508	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">	611	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">
509	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems. The mac/ppc keymaps provided	612	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems. The mac/ppc keymaps provided
510	on the LiveCD are ADB keymaps and unusable with the LiveCD kernel)</comment>	613	on the LiveCD are ADB keymaps and unusable with the LiveCD kernel)</comment>
…		…
514	<p>	617	<p>
515	Now load the keymap of your choice:	618	Now load the keymap of your choice:
516	</p>	619	</p>
517		620
518	<pre caption="Loading a keymap">	621	<pre caption="Loading a keymap">
519	# <i>loadkeys be2-latin1</i>	622	# <i>loadkeys be-latin1</i>
520	</pre>	623	</pre>
521		624
522	<p>	625	<p>
523	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.	626	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
524	</p>	627	</p>
…		…
528	<subsection id="hardware">	631	<subsection id="hardware">
529	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>	632	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>
530	<body>	633	<body>
531		634
532	<p>	635	<p>
533	When the Live CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and	636	When the LiveCD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and
534	loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the	637	loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the
535	vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases (the	638	vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases, it may
536	SPARC LiveCDs don't even do autodetection), it may not auto-load the kernel	639	not auto-load the kernel modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some
537	modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's
538	hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually.	640	of your system's hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules
		641	manually.
539	</p>	642	</p>
540		643
541	<p>	644	<p>
542	In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for	645	In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for
543	certain kinds of network interfaces):	646	certain kinds of network interfaces):
544	</p>	647	</p>
545		648
546	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">	649	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">
547	# <i>modprobe 8139too</i>	650	# <i>modprobe 8139too</i>
548	</pre>	651	</pre>
549
550	<p>
551	For instance, some PPC users might want to load <c>airport</c> or
552	<c>sungem</c> (10/100 Mbit for most powerbooks). Thermal management for G5 is
553	supported through the <c>therm_pm72</c> module.
554	</p>
555		652
556	</body>	653	</body>
557	</subsection>	654	</subsection>
558	<subsection>	655	<subsection>
559	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>	656	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>
…		…
581	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>	678	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>
582	</pre>	679	</pre>
583		680
584	</body>	681	</body>
585	</subsection>	682	</subsection>
586	<subsection>	683	<subsection id="useraccounts">
587	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>	684	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>
588	<body>	685	<body>
589		686
590	<p>	687	<p>
591	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation	688	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
…		…
603	New password: <comment>(Enter your new password)</comment>	700	New password: <comment>(Enter your new password)</comment>
604	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter your password)</comment>	701	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter your password)</comment>
605	</pre>	702	</pre>
606		703
607	<p>	704	<p>
608	To create a user account, we first enter his credentials, followed by	705	To create a user account, we first enter their credentials, followed by
609	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.	706	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.
610	In the next example, we create a user called "john".	707	In the next example, we create a user called "john".
611	</p>	708	</p>
612		709
613	<pre caption="Creating a user account">	710	<pre caption="Creating a user account">
614	# <i>useradd john</i>	711	# <i>useradd -m -G users john</i>
615	# <i>passwd john</i>	712	# <i>passwd john</i>
616	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>	713	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>
617	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>	714	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>
618	</pre>	715	</pre>
619		716
…		…
621	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using	718	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using
622	<c>su</c>:	719	<c>su</c>:
623	</p>	720	</p>
624		721
625	<pre caption="Changing user id">	722	<pre caption="Changing user id">
626	# <i>su john -</i>	723	# <i>su - john</i>
		724	</pre>
		725
		726	</body>
		727	</subsection>
		728	<subsection>
		729	<title>Optional: Viewing Documentation while Installing</title>
		730	<body>
		731
		732	<p>
		733	If you want to view the Gentoo Handbook (either from-CD or online) during the
		734	installation, make sure you have created a user account (see <uri
		735	link="#useraccounts">Optional: User Accounts</uri>). Then press <c>Alt-F2</c> to
		736	go to a new terminal and log in.
627	</pre>	737	</p>
		738
		739	<p>
		740	If you want to view the documentation on the CD you can immediately run
		741	<c>links2</c> to read it:
		742	</p>
		743
		744	<pre caption="Viewing the on-CD documentation">
		745	# <i>links2 /mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html</i>
		746	</pre>
		747
		748	<p>
		749	However, it is preferred that you use the online Gentoo Handbook as it will be
		750	more recent than the one provided on the CD. You can view it using <c>links2</c>
		751	as well, but only after having completed the <e>Configuring your Network</e>
		752	chapter (otherwise you won't be able to go on the Internet to view the
		753	document):
		754	</p>
		755
		756	<pre caption="Viewing the Online Documentation">
		757	# <i>links2 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml</i>
		758	</pre>
		759
		760	<p>
		761	You can go back to your original terminal by pressing <c>Alt-F1</c>.
		762	</p>
628		763
629	</body>	764	</body>
630	</subsection>	765	</subsection>
631	<subsection>	766	<subsection>
632	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>	767	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>
…		…
647	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">	782	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">
648	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>	783	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>
649	</pre>	784	</pre>
650		785
651	<p>	786	<p>
652	To be able to use sshd, you first need to setup your networking. Continue with	787	To be able to use sshd, you first need to set up your networking. Continue with
653	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.	788	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.
654	</p>	789	</p>
655		790
656	</body>	791	</body>
657	</subsection>	792	</subsection>

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