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9	<sections>	9	<sections>
		10
		11	<version>2.1</version>
		12	<date>2005-04-10</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>
17	Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to	21	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	22	successfully install Gentoo on your box.
19	architecture.
20	</p>	23	</p>
21		24
22	</body>	25	</body>
23	</subsection>
24	<subsection>	26	</subsection>
25	<title>The PPC Architecture</title>	27	<subsection>
		28	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
		29	<body>
		30
		31	<table>
		32	<tr>
		33	<th>NewWorld machines</th>
		34	<ti>
		35	Power/PowerPC microprocessors (G3, G4, G5) such as iMac, eMac, iBook
		36	PowerBook, Xserver, PowerMac, Genesi's Pegasos II
		37	</ti>
		38	</tr>
		39	<tr>
		40	<th>OldWorld machines</th>
		41	<ti>
		42	Limited support for IBM (RS/6000, iSeries, pSeries) and Amiga systems
		43	</ti>
		44	</tr>
		45	<tr>
		46	<th>Memory</th>
		47	<ti>At least 64 MB</ti>
		48	</tr>
		49	<tr>
		50	<th>Diskspace</th>
		51	<ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
		52	</tr>
		53	<tr>
		54	<th>Swap space</th>
		55	<ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
		56	</tr>
		57	</table>
		58
		59	<p>
		60	Be sure to read up on the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo
		61	PPC FAQ</uri> before you begin.
		62	</p>
		63
26	<body>	64	</body>
		65	</subsection>
		66	</section>
		67	<!-- Copy/paste from hb-install-x86-medium.xml (with s/x86/ppc/) -->
		68	<!-- START -->
		69	<section>
		70	<title>The Gentoo Installation Approaches</title>
		71	<subsection>
		72	<title>Introduction</title>
		73	<body>
27		74
28	<p>	75	<p>
29	Check the following requirements before you	76	Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three <e>stage</e> tarball files.
30	continue with the Gentoo installation:	77	A stage file is a tarball (compressed archive) that contains a minimal
		78	environment.
31	</p>	79	</p>
32		80
33	<ul>	81	<ul>
34	<li>	82	<li>
35	You need at least 1 Gb of free disk space	83	A stage1 file contains nothing more than a compiler, Portage (Gentoo's
		84	software management system) and a couple of packages on which the compiler
		85	or Portage depends.
36	</li>	86	</li>
37	<li>	87	<li>
38	If you do not use prebuilt packages, you need at least 300 Mb of memory (RAM +	88	A stage2 file contains a so-called bootstrapped system, a minimal
39	swap)	89	environment from which one can start building all other necessary
		90	applications that make a Gentoo environment complete.
40	</li>	91	</li>
41	<li>	92	<li>
42	For the <e>PowerPC architecture</e>, you can install Gentoo/PPC on machines	93	A stage3 file contains a prebuilt minimal system which is almost fully
43	having a Power or PowerPC microprocessor, including but not limited to G3, G4	94	deployable. It only lacks a few applications where you, the Gentoo user,
44	or G5 powered Apple computers such as the iMac, the iBook, the PowerBook,	95	needs to choose which one you want to install.
45	Xserve, PowerMac, ... We also provide limited support for oldworld systems,
46	IBM (rs/6000, iSeries, zSeries, ...), Amiga and Pegasos systems.
47	Be sure to read up on the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo PPC
48	FAQ</uri> too before you begin.
49	</li>	96	</li>
50	</ul>	97	</ul>
51		98
		99	<p>
		100	To help you decide what stage file you want to use, we have written down the
		101	major advantages and disadvantages of each stage file.
		102	</p>
		103
52	</body>	104	</body>
53	</subsection>
54	</section>
55	<section>
56	<title>Make your Choice</title>
57	<subsection>	105	</subsection>
58	<title>Introduction</title>
59	<body>
60
61	<p>
62	Still interested in trying out Gentoo? Well, then it is now time to
63	choose the installation medium you want to use. Yes, you have the
64	choice, no, they are not all equal, and yes, the result is always the same: a
65	Gentoo base system.
66	</p>
67
68	<p>
69	The installation media we will describe are:
70	</p>
71
72	<ul>
73	<li>Gentoo's Minimal LiveCD</li>
74	<li>Gentoo's Universal LiveCD</li>
75	</ul>
76
77	<p>
78	Every single media has its advantages and disadvantages. We will list
79	the pros and cons of every medium so you have all the information to
80	make a justified decision. But before we continue, let's explain our
81	three-stage installation.
82	</p>
83
84	</body>
85	</subsection>	106	<subsection>
86	<subsection>	107	<title>A Stage1 Approach</title>
87	<title>The Three Stages</title>
88	<body>	108	<body>
89		109
90	<p>
91	Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three <e>stage</e> tarball files.
92	The one you choose depends on how much of the system you want to compile
93	yourself. The <e>stage1</e> tarball is used when you want to bootstrap and
94	build the entire system from scratch. The <e>stage2</e> tarball is used for
95	building the entire system from a bootstrapped "semi-compiled" state.
96	The <e>stage3</e> tarball already contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has
97	been built for you. As we will explain later, you can also install
98	Gentoo without compiling anything (except your kernel and some optional
99	packages). If you want this, you have to use a <e>stage3</e> tarball.
100	</p>	110	<p>
101		111	A <e>stage1</e> is used when you want to bootstrap and build the entire system
		112	from scratch.
102	<p>	113	</p>
103	Now what stage do you have to choose?	114
104	</p>	115	<p>
105
106	<p>
107	Starting from a <e>stage1</e> allows you to have total control over the	116	Starting from a stage1 allows you to have total control over the
108	optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is	117	optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is
109	initially enabled on your system. This makes <e>stage1</e> installs good for	118	initially enabled on your system. This makes <e>stage1</e> installs good for
110	power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great	119	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	120	installation method for those who would like to know more about the
112	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.	121	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
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137	<ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti>	146	<ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti>
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 a waste of time
		152	</ti>
		153	</tr>
		154	<tr>
		155	<th>-</th>
		156	<ti>
		157	Requires a working Internet connection during the installation
143	</ti>	158	</ti>
144	</tr>	159	</tr>
145	</table>	160	</table>
146		161
		162	</body>
		163	</subsection>
		164	<subsection>
		165	<title>A Stage2 Approach</title>
		166	<body>
		167
		168	<p>
		169	A <e>stage2</e> is used for building the entire system from a bootstrapped
		170	"semi-compiled" state.
147	<p>	171	</p>
		172
		173	<p>
148	<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this	174	Stage2 installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process; doing this
149	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose	175	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
150	for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.	176	for your particular stage2 tarball.
151	</p>	177	</p>
152		178
153	<table>	179	<table>
154	<tr>	180	<tr>
155	<th>Stage2</th>	181	<th>Stage2</th>
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171	<th>-</th>	197	<th>-</th>
172	<ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti>	198	<ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti>
173	</tr>	199	</tr>
174	<tr>	200	<tr>
175	<th>-</th>	201	<th>-</th>
176	<ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>	202	<ti>It's still not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
177	</tr>	203	</tr>
178	<tr>	204	<tr>
179	<th>-</th>	205	<th>-</th>
180	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>	206	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
181	</tr>	207	</tr>
		208	<tr>
		209	<th>-</th>
		210	<ti>
		211	Requires a working Internet connection during the installation
		212	</ti>
		213	</tr>
182	</table>	214	</table>
183		215
		216	</body>
		217	</subsection>
		218	<subsection>
		219	<title>A Stage3 Approach</title>
		220	<body>
		221
		222	<p>
		223	A <e>stage3</e> installation contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has been
		224	built for you. You will only need to build a few packages of which we can't
		225	decide for you which one to choose.
184	<p>	226	</p>
		227
		228	<p>
185	Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo	229	Choosing to go with a stage3 allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
186	Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization	230	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	231	settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
188	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining	232	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
189	stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using	233	stability). Stage3 is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
190	prebuilt packages.	234	prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
191	</p>	235	</p>
192		236
193	<table>	237	<table>
194	<tr>	238	<tr>
195	<th>Stage3</th>	239	<th>Stage3</th>
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201	</tr>	245	</tr>
202	<tr>	246	<tr>
203	<th>-</th>	247	<th>-</th>
204	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>	248	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
205	</tr>	249	</tr>
206	<tr>
207	<th>-</th>
208	<ti>You cannot brag about having used stage1 or stage2</ti>
209	</tr>
210	</table>	250	</table>
211		251
212	<p>	252	<p>
213	Write down (or remember) what stage you want to use. You need this later when
214	you decide what LiveCD (or other installation medium) you want to use. You might
215	be interested to know that, if you decide to use different optimization settings	253	You might be interested to know that, if you decide to use different
216	after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to recompile your entire system	254	optimization settings after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to
217	with the new optimization settings.	255	recompile your entire system with the new optimization settings.
218	</p>
219
220	<p>	256	</p>
221	Now take a look at the available installation media.
222	</p>
223		257
224	</body>	258	</body>
225	</subsection>
226	<subsection>	259	</subsection>
227	<title>Gentoo LiveCDs</title>	260	</section>
		261	<section>
		262	<title>The Gentoo Installation CDs</title>
		263	<subsection>
		264	<title>Introduction</title>
228	<body>	265	<body>
229		266
230	<p>	267	<p>
231	The <e>Gentoo LiveCDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a	268	The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
232	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.	269	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	270	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
234	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.	271	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
235	</p>	272	</p>
236		273
237	<p>	274	<p>
238	All LiveCDs allow you to boot, setup networking, initialize your	275	All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
239	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. However, some	276	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. We currently provide
240	LiveCDs also contain all necessary source code so you are able to install	277	two Installation CDs which are equaly suitable to install Gentoo from, as long
241	Gentoo without a working network configuration.	278	as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the
242	</p>	279	latest version of the available packages.
243
244	<p>	280	</p>
245	Now what do these LiveCDs contain?	281
246	</p>	282	<p>
		283	If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, please use
		284	the installation instructions described in the <uri
		285	link="2005.0/index.xml">Gentoo 2005.0 Handbooks</uri>.
		286	</p>
247		287
		288	<p>
		289	The two Installation CDs that we currently provide are:
		290	</p>
		291
		292	<ul>
		293	<li>
		294	The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable
		295	CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and
		296	continue with the Gentoo installation.
		297	</li>
		298	<li>
		299	The Gentoo <e>Universal</e> Installation CD, a bootable CD with the same
		300	abilities as the Minimal Installation CD. Additionally, it contains a
		301	stage1 and several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the individual
		302	subarchitectures).
		303	</li>
		304	</ul>
		305
		306	<p>
		307	To help you decide which Installation CD you need, we have written down the
		308	major advantages and disadvantages of each Installation CD.
		309	</p>
		310
248	</body>	311	</body>
249	</subsection>
250	<subsection>	312	</subsection>
		313	<subsection>
251	<title>Gentoo's Minimal LiveCD</title>	314	<title>Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD</title>
252	<body>	315	<body>
253		316
254	<p>	317	<p>
255	This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the	318	The Minimal Installation CD is called <c>install-ppc-minimal-2005.0.iso</c> and
256	system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It	319	takes up only 52 MB of diskspace. You can use this Installation CD to install
257	does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file),	320	Gentoo, but always with a working Internet connection only.
258	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
260	<c>install-ppc-minimal-2004.0.iso</c>.
261	</p>	321	</p>
262		322
263	<table>	323	<table>
264	<tr>	324	<tr>
265	<th>Minimal LiveCD</th>	325	<th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
266	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	326	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
267	</tr>	327	</tr>
268	<tr>	328	<tr>
269	<th>+</th>	329	<th>+</th>
270	<ti>Smallest download</ti>	330	<ti>Smallest download</ti>
271	</tr>
272	<tr>
273	<th>+</th>
274	<ti>Suitable for a complete architecture</ti>
275	</tr>	331	</tr>
276	<tr>	332	<tr>
277	<th>+</th>	333	<th>+</th>
278	<ti>	334	<ti>
279	You can do a stage1, stage2 or stage3 by getting the stage tarball off the	335	You can do a stage1, stage2 or stage3 by getting the stage tarball off the
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281	</ti>	337	</ti>
282	</tr>	338	</tr>
283	<tr>	339	<tr>
284	<th>-</th>	340	<th>-</th>
285	<ti>	341	<ti>
286	Contains no stages, no portage snapshot, no GRP packages and therefore not	342	Contains no stages, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and is
287	suitable for networkless installation	343	therefore not suitable for networkless installation
288	</ti>	344	</ti>
289	</tr>	345	</tr>
290	</table>	346	</table>
291		347
292	</body>	348	</body>
293	</subsection>	349	</subsection>
294	<subsection>	350	<subsection>
295	<title>Gentoo's Universal LiveCD</title>	351	<title>Gentoo's Universal Installation CD</title>
296	<body>	352	<body>
297		353
298	<p>
299	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
301	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
303	<path>universal</path> subdirectory.
304	</p>	354	<p>
305		355	The Universal Installation CD is called <c>install-ppc-universal-2005.0.iso</c>
306	<p>	356	and consumes the entire surface of a 650 MB CD. You can use this Installation
307	If you take a closer look into our <path>livecd</path> directory you will see	357	CD to install Gentoo, and you can even use it to install Gentoo without a
308	that some architectures provide <e>Gentoo Package CDs</e>. This CD (which isn't	358	working internet connection, just in case you want to bring Gentoo to another
309	bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software	359	PC than the one you are currently installing Gentoo on :)
310	after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only
311	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
313	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
315	subdirectory (<path>g4/</path>).
316	</p>	360	</p>
317		361
318	<table>	362	<table>
319	<tr>	363	<tr>
320	<th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th>	364	<th>Universal Installation CD</th>
321	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	365	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
322	</tr>
323	<tr>
324	<th>+</th>
325	<ti>Packages CD is optimized to your architecture and subarchitecture</ti>
326	</tr>
327	<tr>
328	<th>+</th>
329	<ti>
330	Packages CD provides precompiled packages for fast Gentoo installations
331	</ti>
332	</tr>	366	</tr>
333	<tr>	367	<tr>
334	<th>+</th>	368	<th>+</th>
335	<ti>	369	<ti>
336	Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network	370	Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
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343	</tr>	377	</tr>
344	</table>	378	</table>
345		379
346	</body>	380	</body>
347	</subsection>	381	</subsection>
		382	<subsection>
		383	<title>Other CDs</title>
		384	<body>
		385
		386	<p>
		387	You might find a so-called <e>Package CD</e> on one of our mirrors. This CD is
		388	no Installation CD but an additional resource that can be exploited during a
		389	networkless installation. It contains prebuilt packages (the so-called GRP
		390	set) that allows you to easily and quickly install additional applications
		391	(such as OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the networkless
		392	Gentoo installation.
		393	</p>
		394
		395	</body>
		396	</subsection>
348	</section>	397	</section>
		398	<!-- STOP -->
349	<section>	399	<section>
350	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo LiveCD</title>	400	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
351	<subsection>	401	<subsection>
352	<title>Downloading and Burning the LiveCDs</title>	402	<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
353	<body>	403	<body>
354		404
355	<p>
356	You have chosen to use a Gentoo LiveCD (if not, then you are reading the
357	wrong section). We'll first start by downloading and burning the chosen
358	LiveCD. We previously discussed the several available LiveCDs, but where can you
359	find them?
360	</p>	405	<p>
361		406	You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
		407	downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
		408	the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
362	<p>	409	</p>
363	Visit one of our <uri	410
364	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to	411	<p>
365	<path>releases/ppc/2004.0/livecd/universal</path>, which is	412	You can download any of the Installation CDs (and, if you want to, a Packages
366	the path where the LiveCD(s) of your choice are located. Inside that	413	CD as well) from one of our <uri link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The
		414	Installation CDs are located in the <path>releases/ppc/2005.0/installcd</path>
		415	directory.
		416	</p>
		417
		418	<p>
367	directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images	419	Inside that directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images
368	which you can write on a CD-R.	420	which you can write on a CD-R.
369	</p>	421	</p>
370		422
371	<p>	423	<p>
372	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can	424	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	425	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	426	<path>install-ppc-minimal-2005.0.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 checksum
375	with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri	427	with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
376	link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows.	428	link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows. How
		429	to verify MD5 checksums with Mac OS X is described in the <uri
		430	link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml#doc_chap1">Gentoo PPC FAQ</uri>.
		431	</p>
		432
377	</p>	433	<p>
		434	Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to
		435	verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
		436	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key:
		437	</p>
		438
		439	<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
		440	$ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 17072058</i>
		441	</pre>
		442
		443	<p>
		444	Now verify the signature:
		445	</p>
		446
		447	<pre caption="Verify the cryptographic signature">
		448	$ <i>gpg --verify <signature file> <downloaded iso></i>
		449	</pre>
378		450
379	<p>	451	<p>
380	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you	452	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	453	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c> and
382	tools on how to do this.	454	<c>K3B</c> here; more information can be found in our <uri
		455	link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
383	</p>	456	</p>
384		457
385	<ul>	458	<ul>
386	<li>	459	<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>
408	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace	460	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc <downloaded iso
409	<path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed	461	file></c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's
410	by the path to the ISO file :)	462	device path).
411	</li>	463	</li>
412	<li>	464	<li>
413	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>CD</c> > <c>Burn Image</c>. Then	465	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>CD</c> > <c>Burn Image</c>. Then
414	you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click	466	you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click
415	<c>Start</c>.	467	<c>Start</c>.
416	</li>	468	</li>
417	<li>
418	With Mac OS X Panther, launch <c>Disk Utility</c> from
419	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Open</c> from the
420	<c>Images</c> menu, select the mounted disk image in the main window and
421	select <c>Burn</c> in the <c>Images</c> menu.
422	</li>
423	<li>
424	With Mac OS X Jaguar, launch <c>Disk Copy</c> from
425	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Burn Image</c> from the
426	<c>File</c> menu, select the ISO and click the <c>Burn</c> button.
427	</li>
428	</ul>	469	</ul>
429		470
430	</body>	471	</body>
431	</subsection>	472	</subsection>
432	<subsection>	473	<subsection>
433	<title>Booting the PPC LiveCD(s)</title>	474	<title>Default: Booting the Installation CD with Yaboot</title>
434	<body>	475	<body>
435		476
		477	<p>
		478	On NewWorld machines place the Installation CD in the CD-ROM and reboot the
		479	system. When the system-start-bell sounds, simply hold down the 'C' until the
		480	CD loads.
436	<p>	481	</p>
437	Place the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and reboot the system. Hold down the 'C' key at	482
438	bootup (or run an OldWorld bootloader like BootX or quik). You will be greeted	483	<p>
		484	After the Installation CD loaded, you will be greeted by a friendly welcome
439	by a friendly welcome message and a <e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the	485	message and a <e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the screen.
440	screen.
441	</p>	486	</p>
442		487
443	<p>	488	<p>
444	At this prompt you are able to select a kernel for the subarchitecture you use.	489	At this prompt you are able to select a kernel for the subarchitecture you use.
445	We provide <c>G3</c>, <c>G3-SMP</c>, <c>G4</c>, <c>G4-SMP</c>, <c>G5</c> and	490	We provide <c>G3</c>, <c>G4</c> and <c>G5</c>. All kernels are built with
446	<c>G5-SMP</c>. The various <c>-SMP</c> kernels are needed if your system has	491	support for multiple CPUs, but they will boot on single processor machines as
447	multiple CPUs.	492	well.
448	</p>	493	</p>
449		494
450	<p>	495	<p>
451	You are also able to tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following	496	You are also able to tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following
452	table lists the available boot options you can add:	497	table lists some of the available boot options you can add:
453	</p>	498	</p>
454		499
455	<table>	500	<table>
456	<tr>	501	<tr>
457	<th>Boot Option</th>	502	<th>Boot Option</th>
…		…
468	</ti>	513	</ti>
469	</tr>	514	</tr>
470	<tr>	515	<tr>
471	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>	516	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>
472	<ti>	517	<ti>
473	Disables level 3 cache on some powerbooks (needed for at least the 17'')	518	Disables level 3 cache on some PowerBooks (needed for at least the 17")
474	</ti>
475	</tr>
476	<tr>
477	<ti><c>debug</c></ti>
478	<ti>	519	</ti>
479	Enables verbose booting, spawns an initrd shell that can be used to debug	520	</tr>
480	the LiveCD	521	<tr>
		522	<ti><c>dofirewire</c></ti>
		523	<ti>
		524	Enables support for IEEE1394 (FireWire) devices, like external harddisks.
		525	</ti>
		526	</tr>
		527	<tr>
		528	<ti><c>dopcmcia</c></ti>
		529	<ti>
		530	If you want to use PCMCIA devices during your installation (like PCMCIA
		531	network cards) you have to enable this option.
481	</ti>	532	</ti>
482	</tr>	533	</tr>
483	</table>	534	</table>
484		535
485	<p>	536	<p>
486	At this prompt, hit enter, and a complete Gentoo Linux environment will be	537	At this prompt, hit enter, and a complete Gentoo Linux environment will be
487	loaded from the CD. If you experience problems booting, choose the <c>-safe</c>	538	loaded from the CD. Continue with <uri link="#booted">And When You're
488	option at boot. The safe option passes the following extra arguments to the	539	Booted...</uri>.
489	kernel: <c>append="video=ofonly nol3 init=/linuxrc"</c>.
490	</p>
491
492	<p>	540	</p>
493	When the LiveCD is booted, you will be greeted with a login prompt. Log on as	541
494	<c>root</c> (you don't need to enter a password).	542	</body>
		543	</subsection>
		544	<subsection>
		545	<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD on a Pegasos</title>
		546	<body>
		547
495	</p>	548	<p>
496		549	On the Pegasos simply insert the CD and at the SmartFirmware boot-prompt type
497	<pre caption="Logging on onto the LiveCD">	550	<c>boot cd /boot/menu</c>. This will open a small bootmenu where you can choose
498	login: <i>root</i>	551	between several preconfigured video configs. If you need any special boot
499	</pre>	552	options you can append them to the command-line. For instance <c>boot cd
500		553	/boot/pegasos video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75 mem=256M</c>. The complete list of
		554	kernel appends (in case something goes wrong and you need it) is preconfigured
		555	in the kernel with <c>console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 init=/linuxrc
		556	looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs udev nodevfs cdroot root=/dev/ram0</c>.
501	<p>	557	</p>
502	You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch	558
		559	</body>
		560	</subsection>
		561
		562	<subsection>
		563	<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD with BootX</title>
		564	<body>
		565
		566	<p>
		567	If you have an OldWorld Mac the bootable portion of the livecd can't be used.
		568	The most simple solution is to use MacOS to bootstrap into a Linux environment
		569	with a tool called BootX. Boot floppies are being prepared for Macs without
		570	MacOS, but they are not available at this time.
		571	</p>
		572	<p>
		573	First, download <uri link="http://penguinppc.org/projects/bootx/">BootX</uri>
		574	and unpack the archive. Copy the the <c>BootX Extension</c> from the unpacked
		575	archive into <c>Extensions Folder</c> and the BootX App Control Panel into
		576	<c>Control Panels</c>, both of which are located in your MacOS System Folder.
		577	Next, create a folder called "Linux Kernels" in your System folder and copy the
		578	<c>G3G4</c> kernel from the CD to this folder. Finally, copy <c>G3G4.igz</c>
		579	from the Installation CD <path>boot</path> folder into the MacOS
		580	<c>System Folder</c>.
		581	</p>
		582	<p>
		583	To prepare BootX, start the BootX App Control Panel. First select the Options
		584	dialog and check <c>Use Specified RAM Disk</c> and select <c>G3G4.igz</c> from
		585	your System Folder. Continue back to the initial screen and ensure that the
		586	ramdisk size is at least <c>32000</c>. Finally, set the kernel arguments as
		587	shown below:
		588	</p>
		589
		590	<pre caption="BootX kernel arguments">
		591	cdroot root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc loop=livecd.squashfs looptype=squashfs console=tty0 nodevfs udev
		592	</pre>
		593	<note>
		594	The kernel parameters in the yaboot section above are also applicable here.
		595	</note>
		596	<p>
		597	Check once more to make sure the settings are correct and then save the
		598	configuration. This saves typing just in case it doesn't boot or something is
		599	missing. Press the Linux button at the top of the window to boot into the
		600	LiveCD and continue with <uri link="#booted">And When You're Booted...</uri>
		601	</p>
		602	</body>
		603	</subsection>
		604
		605	<subsection id="booted">
		606	<title>And When You're Booted...</title>
		607	<body>
		608
		609	<p>
		610	You will be greeted by a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You can also
503	to other consoles by pressing Alt-fn-F2, Alt-fn-F3 and Alt-fn-F4. Get back to	611	switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get
504	the one you started on by pressing Alt-fn-F1.	612	back to the one you started on by pressing Alt-F1. Probably you have to hit
		613	Alt-fn-Fx on Apple machines.
505	</p>	614	</p>
506		615
507	<p>	616	<p>
508	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use	617	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use
509	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available	618	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available
510	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>.	619	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>. On NewWorld machines or the
		620	Pegasos do not use the keymaps in <path>ppc</path> or <path>mac</path> as they
		621	are for ADB-based OldWorld machines.
511	</p>	622	</p>
512		623
513	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">	624	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">
514	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems. The mac/ppc keymaps provided	625	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems. The mac/ppc keymaps provided
515	on the LiveCD are ADB keymaps and unusable with the LiveCD kernel)</comment>	626	on the Installation CD are ADB keymaps and unusable with the Installation CD
		627	kernel)</comment>
516	# <i>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</i>	628	# <i>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</i>
517	</pre>	629	</pre>
518		630
519	<p>	631	<p>
520	Now load the keymap of your choice:	632	Now load the keymap of your choice:
521	</p>	633	</p>
522		634
523	<pre caption="Loading a keymap">	635	<pre caption="Loading a keymap">
524	# <i>loadkeys be2-latin1</i>	636	# <i>loadkeys be-latin1</i>
525	</pre>	637	</pre>
526		638
527	<p>	639	<p>
528	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.	640	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
529	</p>	641	</p>
…		…
533	<subsection id="hardware">	645	<subsection id="hardware">
534	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>	646	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>
535	<body>	647	<body>
536		648
537	<p>	649	<p>
538	When the Live CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and	650	When the Installation CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and
539	loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the	651	loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the
540	vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases (the	652	vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases, it may
541	SPARC LiveCDs don't even do autodetection), it may not auto-load the kernel	653	not auto-load the kernel modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some
542	modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's
543	hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually.	654	of your system's hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules
544	</p>	655	manually.
545
546	<p>	656	</p>
		657
		658	<p>
547	In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for	659	In the next example we try to load the <c>airport</c> module. This module
548	certain kinds of network interfaces):	660	supports only the old Airport cards (b-net). AirportExtreme is currently not
		661	supported under Linux:
549	</p>	662	</p>
550		663
551	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">	664	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">
552	# <i>modprobe 8139too</i>	665	# <i>modprobe airport</i>
553	</pre>
554
555	<p>
556	For instance, some PPC users might want to load <c>airport</c> or
557	<c>sungem</c> (10/100 Mbit for most powerbooks). Thermal management for G5 is
558	supported through the <c>therm_pm72</c> module.
559	</p>	666	</pre>
560		667
561	</body>	668	</body>
562	</subsection>	669	</subsection>
563	<subsection>	670	<subsection>
564	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>	671	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>
…		…
586	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>	693	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>
587	</pre>	694	</pre>
588		695
589	</body>	696	</body>
590	</subsection>	697	</subsection>
591	<subsection>	698	<subsection id="useraccounts">
592	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>	699	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>
593	<body>	700	<body>
594		701
595	<p>	702	<p>
596	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation	703	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
…		…
614	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.	721	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.
615	In the next example, we create a user called "john".	722	In the next example, we create a user called "john".
616	</p>	723	</p>
617		724
618	<pre caption="Creating a user account">	725	<pre caption="Creating a user account">
619	# <i>useradd john</i>	726	# <i>useradd -m -G users john</i>
620	# <i>passwd john</i>	727	# <i>passwd john</i>
621	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>	728	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>
622	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>	729	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>
623	</pre>	730	</pre>
624		731
…		…
626	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using	733	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using
627	<c>su</c>:	734	<c>su</c>:
628	</p>	735	</p>
629		736
630	<pre caption="Changing user id">	737	<pre caption="Changing user id">
631	# <i>su john -</i>	738	# <i>su - john</i>
		739	</pre>
		740
		741	</body>
		742	</subsection>
		743	<subsection>
		744	<title>Optional: Viewing Documentation while Installing</title>
		745	<body>
		746
		747	<p>
		748	If you want to view the Gentoo Handbook (either from-CD or online) during the
		749	installation, make sure you have created a user account (see <uri
		750	link="#useraccounts">Optional: User Accounts</uri>). Then press <c>Alt-F2</c> to
		751	go to a new terminal and log in.
632	</pre>	752	</p>
		753
		754	<p>
		755	If you want to view the documentation on the CD you can immediately run
		756	<c>links2</c> to read it:
		757	</p>
		758
		759	<pre caption="Viewing the on-CD documentation">
		760	# <i>links2 /mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html</i>
		761	</pre>
		762
		763	<p>
		764	However, it is preferred that you use the online Gentoo Handbook as it will be
		765	more recent than the one provided on the CD. You can view it using <c>links2</c>
		766	as well, but only after having completed the <e>Configuring your Network</e>
		767	chapter (otherwise you won't be able to go on the Internet to view the
		768	document):
		769	</p>
		770
		771	<pre caption="Viewing the Online Documentation">
		772	# <i>links2 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml</i>
		773	</pre>
		774
		775	<p>
		776	You can go back to your original terminal by pressing <c>Alt-F1</c>.
		777	</p>
633		778
634	</body>	779	</body>
635	</subsection>	780	</subsection>
636	<subsection>	781	<subsection>
637	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>	782	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>
…		…
652	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">	797	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">
653	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>	798	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>
654	</pre>	799	</pre>
655		800
656	<p>	801	<p>
657	To be able to use sshd, you first need to setup your networking. Continue with	802	To be able to use sshd, you first need to set up your networking. Continue with
658	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.	803	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.
659	</p>	804	</p>
660		805
661	</body>	806	</body>
662	</subsection>	807	</subsection>

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