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8		8
9	<sections>	9	<sections>
		10
		11	<version>9.2</version>
		12	<date>2009-01-25</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>
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 SPARC Architecture</title>	27	<subsection>
		28	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
26	<body>	29	<body>
27		30
28	<p>	31	<table>
29	Check the following requirements before you	32	<tr>
30	continue with the Gentoo installation:	33	<th>Sparc System</th>
31	</p>	34	<ti>
32		35	Please check the <uri link="/proj/en/base/sparc/sunhw.xml">Gentoo
33	<ul>	36	Linux/SPARC64 Compatibility list</uri> or the <uri
34	<li>
35	You need at least 1 Gb of free disk space
36	</li>
37	<li>
38	If you do not use prebuilt packages, you need at least 300 Mb of memory (RAM +
39	swap)
40	</li>
41	<li>
42	For the <e>SPARC architecture</e>, you should check with the <uri
43	link="http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#s_2">UltraLinux FAQ</uri>	37	link="http://www.ultralinux.org/faq.html#s_2">UltraLinux FAQ</uri>
44	</li>	38	</ti>
45	</ul>	39	</tr>
		40	<tr>
		41	<th>CPU</th>
		42	<ti>
		43	We currently only support sparc64 CPUs
		44	</ti>
		45	</tr>
		46	<tr>
		47	<th>Memory</th>
		48	<ti>64 MB</ti>
		49	</tr>
		50	<tr>
		51	<th>Diskspace</th>
		52	<ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
		53	</tr>
		54	<tr>
		55	<th>Swap space</th>
		56	<ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
		57	</tr>
		58	</table>
46		59
47	</body>	60	</body>
48	</subsection>	61	</subsection>
49	</section>	62	</section>
		63
		64	<!-- START -->
50	<section>	65	<section>
51	<title>Make your Choice</title>	66	<title>The Gentoo Installation CDs</title>
52	<subsection>	67	<subsection>
53	<title>Introduction</title>	68	<title>Introduction</title>
54	<body>	69	<body>
55		70
56	<p>	71	<p>
57	Still interested in trying out Gentoo? Well, then it is now time to
58	choose the installation medium you want to use. Yes, you have the
59	choice, no, they are not all equal, and yes, the result is always the same: a
60	Gentoo base system.
61	</p>
62
63	<p>
64	The installation media we will describe are:
65	</p>
66
67	<ul>
68	<li>Gentoo's Minimal LiveCD</li>
69	<li>Gentoo's Universal LiveCD</li>
70	</ul>
71
72	<p>
73	Every single media has its advantages and disadvantages. We will list
74	the pros and cons of every medium so you have all the information to
75	make a justified decision. But before we continue, let's explain our
76	three-stage installation.
77	</p>
78
79	</body>
80	</subsection>
81	<subsection>
82	<title>The Three Stages</title>
83	<body>
84
85	<p>
86	Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three <e>stage</e> tarball files.
87	The one you choose depends on how much of the system you want to compile
88	yourself. The <e>stage1</e> tarball is used when you want to bootstrap and
89	build the entire system from scratch. The <e>stage2</e> tarball is used for
90	building the entire system from a bootstrapped "semi-compiled" state.
91	The <e>stage3</e> tarball already contains a basic Gentoo Linux system that has
92	been built for you. As we will explain later, you can also install
93	Gentoo without compiling anything (except your kernel and some optional
94	packages). If you want this, you have to use a <e>stage3</e> tarball.
95	</p>
96
97	<p>
98	Now what stage do you have to choose?
99	</p>
100
101	<p>
102	Starting from a <e>stage1</e> allows you to have total control over the
103	optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is
104	initially enabled on your system. This makes <e>stage1</e> installs good for
105	power users who know what they are doing. It is also a great
106	installation method for those who would like to know more about the
107	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
108	</p>
109
110	<p>
111	A <e>stage1</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
112	Internet connection.
113	</p>
114
115	<table>
116	<tr>
117	<th>Stage1</th>
118	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
119	</tr>
120	<tr>
121	<th>+</th>
122	<ti>
123	Allows you to have total control over the optimization settings and optional
124	build-time functionality that is initially enabled on your system
125	</ti>
126	</tr>
127	<tr>
128	<th>+</th>
129	<ti>Suitable for powerusers that know what they are doing</ti>
130	</tr>
131	<tr>
132	<th>+</th>
133	<ti>Allows you to learn more about the inner workings of Gentoo</ti>
134	</tr>
135	<tr>
136	<th>-</th>
137	<ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti>
138	</tr>
139	<tr>
140	<th>-</th>
141	<ti>
142	If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time
143	</ti>
144	</tr>
145	<tr>
146	<th>-</th>
147	<ti>
148	Not suitable for networkless installations
149	</ti>
150	</tr>
151	</table>
152
153	<p>
154	<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this
155	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
156	for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.
157	</p>
158
159	<p>
160	A <e>stage2</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
161	Internet connection.
162	</p>
163
164	<table>
165	<tr>
166	<th>Stage2</th>
167	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
168	</tr>
169	<tr>
170	<th>+</th>
171	<ti>You don't need to bootstrap</ti>
172	</tr>
173	<tr>
174	<th>+</th>
175	<ti>Faster than starting with stage1</ti>
176	</tr>
177	<tr>
178	<th>+</th>
179	<ti>You can still tweak your settings</ti>
180	</tr>
181	<tr>
182	<th>-</th>
183	<ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti>
184	</tr>
185	<tr>
186	<th>-</th>
187	<ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
188	</tr>
189	<tr>
190	<th>-</th>
191	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
192	</tr>
193	<tr>
194	<th>-</th>
195	<ti>
196	Not suitable for networkless installations
197	</ti>
198	</tr>
199	</table>
200
201	<p>
202	Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
203	Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization
204	settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
205	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
206	stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
207	prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
208	</p>
209
210	<table>
211	<tr>
212	<th>Stage3</th>
213	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
214	</tr>
215	<tr>
216	<th>+</th>
217	<ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti>
218	</tr>
219	<tr>
220	<th>+</th>
221	<ti>Suitable for networkless installations</ti>
222	</tr>
223	<tr>
224	<th>-</th>
225	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
226	</tr>
227	<tr>
228	<th>-</th>
229	<ti>You cannot brag about having used stage1 or stage2</ti>
230	</tr>
231	</table>
232
233	<p>
234	Write down (or remember) what stage you want to use. You need this later when
235	you decide what LiveCD (or other installation medium) you want to use. You might
236	be interested to know that, if you decide to use different optimization settings
237	after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to recompile your entire system
238	with the new optimization settings.
239	</p>
240
241	<p>
242	Now take a look at the available installation media.
243	</p>
244
245	</body>
246	</subsection>
247	<subsection>
248	<title>Gentoo LiveCDs</title>
249	<body>
250
251	<p>
252	The <e>Gentoo LiveCDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a	72	The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
253	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.	73	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
254	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers	74	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
255	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.	75	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
256	</p>	76	</p>
257		77
258	<p>	78	<p>
259	All LiveCDs allow you to boot, setup networking, initialize your	79	All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
260	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. However, some	80	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. We currently provide
261	LiveCDs also contain all necessary source code so you are able to install	81	two Installation CDs which are equally suitable to install Gentoo from, as long
262	Gentoo without a working network configuration.	82	as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the latest
263	</p>	83	version of the available packages.
264
265	<p>	84	</p>
266	Now what do these LiveCDs contain?	85
267	</p>	86	<p>
		87	If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, please use
		88	the installation instructions described in the <uri
		89	link="2008.0/index.xml">Gentoo 2008.0 Handbooks</uri>.
		90	</p>
268		91
		92	<p>
		93	The two Installation CDs that we currently provide are:
		94	</p>
		95
		96	<ul>
		97	<li>
		98	The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD
		99	which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and
		100	continue with the Gentoo installation.
		101	</li>
		102	<li>
		103	The Gentoo <e>Universal</e> Installation CD, a bootable CD with the same
		104	abilities as the Minimal Installation CD. Additionally, it contains
		105	several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the individual subarchitectures).
		106	</li>
		107	</ul>
		108
		109	<p>
		110	To help you decide which Installation CD you need, we have written down the
		111	major advantages and disadvantages of each Installation CD.
		112	</p>
		113
269	</body>	114	</body>
270	</subsection>
271	<subsection>	115	</subsection>
		116	<subsection>
272	<title>Gentoo's Minimal LiveCD</title>	117	<title>Gentoo's Minimal Installation CD</title>
273	<body>	118	<body>
274		119
275	<p>	120	<p>
276	This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the	121	The Minimal Installation CD is called <c>install-sparc64-minimal-2008.0.iso</c>
277	system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It	122	and takes up only 44 MB of diskspace. You can use this Installation CD to
278	does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file),	123	install Gentoo, but always with a working Internet connection only.
279	source code or precompiled packages. For example the sparc64 variant of this
280	LiveCD can be found in the <path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory and is called
281	<c>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.1.iso</c>.
282	</p>	124	</p>
283		125
284	<table>	126	<table>
285	<tr>	127	<tr>
286	<th>Minimal LiveCD</th>	128	<th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
287	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	129	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
288	</tr>	130	</tr>
289	<tr>	131	<tr>
290	<th>+</th>	132	<th>+</th>
291	<ti>Smallest download</ti>	133	<ti>Smallest download</ti>
292	</tr>	134	</tr>
293	<tr>	135	<tr>
294	<th>+</th>
295	<ti>Suitable for a complete architecture</ti>
296	</tr>
297	<tr>
298	<th>+</th>
299	<ti>
300	You can do a stage1, stage2 or stage3 by getting the stage tarball off the
301	net
302	</ti>
303	</tr>
304	<tr>
305	<th>-</th>	136	<th>-</th>
306	<ti>	137	<ti>
307	Contains no stages, no portage snapshot, no GRP packages and therefore not	138	Contains no stage3 tarball, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and is
308	suitable for networkless installation	139	therefore not suitable for networkless installation
309	</ti>	140	</ti>
310	</tr>	141	</tr>
311	</table>	142	</table>
312		143
313	</body>	144	</body>
314	</subsection>	145	</subsection>
315	<subsection>	146	<subsection>
316	<title>Gentoo's Universal LiveCD</title>	147	<title>Gentoo's Universal Installation CD</title>
317	<body>	148	<body>
318		149
319	<p>
320	Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without
321	networking. It contains a stage1 and stage3 tarballs (optimized for the
322	sparc architecture). For example the sparc64 variant of this CD is called
323	<c>install-sparc64-universal-2004.1.iso</c> and can be found in the
324	<path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory.
325	</p>	150	<p>
326		151	The Universal Installation CD is called
327	<p>	152	<c>install-sparc64-universal-2008.0.iso</c> and uses 295 MB. You can use this
328	If you take a closer look into the directories you will see	153	Installation CD to install Gentoo, and you can even use it to install Gentoo
329	that we provide a <e>Gentoo Package CD</e>. This CD (which isn't	154	without a working internet connection.
330	bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software
331	after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only
332	need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME
333	etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages
334	CD too. Such a Packages CD for sparc64 is called
335	<c>packages-sparc64-2004.1.iso</c>.
336	</p>
337
338	<p>
339	You only need the Packages CD if you want to perform a stage3 with GRP
340	installation.
341	</p>	155	</p>
342		156
343	<table>	157	<table>
344	<tr>	158	<tr>
345	<th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th>	159	<th>Universal Installation CD</th>
346	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	160	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
347	</tr>
348	<tr>
349	<th>+</th>
350	<ti>Packages CD is optimized to your architecture and subarchitecture</ti>
351	</tr>
352	<tr>
353	<th>+</th>
354	<ti>
355	Packages CD provides precompiled packages for fast Gentoo installations
356	</ti>
357	</tr>	161	</tr>
358	<tr>	162	<tr>
359	<th>+</th>	163	<th>+</th>
360	<ti>	164	<ti>
361	Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network	165	Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
…		…
368	</tr>	172	</tr>
369	</table>	173	</table>
370		174
371	</body>	175	</body>
372	</subsection>	176	</subsection>
		177	<subsection>
		178	<title>Other CDs</title>
		179	<body>
		180
		181	<p>
		182	You might find a <e>Package CD</e> on one of our mirrors. This CD is not an
		183	Installation CD but an additional resource that can be exploited during a
		184	networkless installation. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP
		185	set) that allow you to easily and quickly install additional applications
		186	(such as OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the networkless
		187	Gentoo installation.
		188	</p>
		189
		190	<p>
		191	If you intend to use the Packages CD to quickly install additional software,
		192	make sure that you use the same subarchitecture as the stage3 tarball you use.
		193	</p>
		194
		195	</body>
		196	</subsection>
		197	<subsection>
		198	<title>The Stage3 Tarball</title>
		199	<body>
		200
		201	<p>
		202	A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment, suitable
		203	to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in this manual.
		204	Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation using one of three
		205	stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and stage2 tarballs, the
		206	official installation method uses the stage3 tarball. If you are interested in
		207	performing a Gentoo installation using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read
		208	the Gentoo FAQ on <uri link="/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12">How do I Install Gentoo
		209	Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?</uri>
		210	</p>
		211
		212	</body>
		213	</subsection>
373	</section>	214	</section>
		215	<!-- STOP -->
374	<section>	216	<section>
375	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo LiveCD</title>	217	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
376	<subsection>	218	<subsection>
377	<title>Downloading and Burning the LiveCDs</title>	219	<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
378	<body>	220	<body>
379		221
380	<p>
381	You have chosen to use a Gentoo LiveCD (if not, then you are reading the
382	wrong section). We'll first start by downloading and burning the chosen
383	LiveCD. We previously discussed the several available LiveCDs, but where can you
384	find them?
385	</p>	222	<p>
386		223	You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
		224	downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
		225	the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
387	<p>	226	</p>
388	Visit one of our <uri	227
389	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to
390	<path>releases/sparc/2004.1/livecd</path> where the LiveCD(s) of
391	your choice are located. Inside the subdirectories <path>sparc32/</path> and
392	<path>sparc64/</path> you'll find so-called ISO-files.
393	Those are full CD images which you can write on a CD-R.
394	</p>	228	<p>
395		229	You can download any of the Installation CDs (and, if you want to, a Packages CD
		230	as well) from one of our <uri link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The
		231	Installation CDs are located in the <path><keyval
		232	id="release-dir"/>installcd</path> directory.
396	<p>	233	</p>
		234
		235	<p>
		236	Inside that directory you'll find ISO files. Those are full CD images which you
		237	can write on a CD-R.
		238	</p>
		239
		240	<p>
397	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can	241	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can check its
398	check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as	242	MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as
399	<path>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.1.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5	243	<path>install-sparc64-minimal-2008.0.iso.DIGESTS</path>). You can check the MD5
400	checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri	244	checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
401	link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows.	245	link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows.
402	</p>	246	</p>
403		247
404	<p>	248	<p>
…		…
406	verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with	250	verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
407	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key:	251	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key:
408	</p>	252	</p>
409		253
410	<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">	254	<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
411	$ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 17072058</i>	255	$ <i>gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 17072058</i>
412	</pre>	256	</pre>
413		257
414	<p>	258	<p>
415	Now verify the signature:	259	Now verify the signature:
416	</p>	260	</p>
…		…
426	link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.	270	link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
427	</p>	271	</p>
428		272
429	<ul>	273	<ul>
430	<li>	274	<li>
431	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace	275	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc <downloaded iso
432	<path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed	276	file></c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device
433	by the path to the ISO file :)	277	path).
434	</li>	278	</li>
435	<li>	279	<li>
436	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>CD</c> > <c>Burn Image</c>. Then	280	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>Burn CD Image</c>. Then you can locate
437	you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click	281	your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click <c>Start</c>.
438	<c>Start</c>.
439	</li>	282	</li>
440	</ul>	283	</ul>
441		284
442	</body>	285	</body>
443	</subsection>	286	</subsection>
444	<subsection>	287	<subsection>
445	<title>Booting the SPARC LiveCD</title>	288	<title>Booting the Installation CD</title>
446	<body>	289	<body>
447		290
448	<p>	291	<p>
449	Insert the Gentoo LiveCD in the CD-ROM and boot your system. During startup,	292	Insert the Gentoo Installation CD in the CD-ROM and boot your system. During
450	press Stop-A to enter OpenBootPROM (OBP). Once you are in the OBP, boot from the	293	startup, press Stop-A to enter OpenBootPROM (OBP). Once you are in the OBP,
451	CD-ROM:	294	boot from the CD-ROM:
452	</p>	295	</p>
453		296
454	<pre caption="Booting the LiveCD">	297	<pre caption="Booting the Installation CD">
455	ok <i>boot cdrom</i>	298	ok <i>boot cdrom</i>
456	</pre>	299	</pre>
457		300
458	<p>	301	<p>
459	You will be greeted by the SILO boot manager (on the LiveCD). Type in	302	You will be greeted by the SILO boot manager (on the Installation CD). You can
460	<c>gentoo-2.4</c> (single-CPU kernel) or <c>gentoo-2.4-smp</c>	303	hit Enter for more help if you want. Type in <c>gentoo</c> and press enter to
461	(multi-CPU kernel) and press enter to continue booting the system. In the	304	continue booting the system:
462	following example we'll boot the <c>gentoo-2.4</c> kernel.
463	</p>	305	</p>
464		306
465	<pre caption="Continue booting from the LiveCD">	307	<pre caption="Continue booting from the Installation CD">
466	boot: <i>gentoo-2.4</i>	308	boot: <i>gentoo</i>
467	</pre>	309	</pre>
468		310
469	<p>	311	<p>
470	Once the LiveCD is booted, you will be greeted by a login prompt. Log on as	312	Once the Installation CD is booted, you will be automatically logged on to the
471	<c>root</c>. There is no password, so when you are asked for one, press Enter.	313	system.
472	</p>
473
474	<pre caption="Logging on onto the LiveCD">
475	login: <i>root</i>
476	password: <comment>(Press Enter here)</comment>
477	</pre>
478
479	<p>	314	</p>
		315
		316	<p>
480	You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch	317	You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You will also find a
481	to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you	318	root prompt on the serial console (<path>ttyS0</path>).
482	started on by pressing Alt-F1.
483	</p>	319	</p>
484		320
485	<p>	321	<p>
486	Continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.	322	Continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
487	</p>	323	</p>
488		324
489	</body>	325	</body>
490	</subsection>	326	</subsection>
491	<subsection id="hardware">
492	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>
493	<body>
494		327
495	<p>
496	If not all hardware is supported out-of-the-box, you will need to load the
497	appropriate kernel modules.
498	</p>
499
500	<p>
501	In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for
502	certain kinds of network interfaces):
503	</p>
504
505	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">
506	# <i>modprobe 8139too</i>
507	</pre>
508
509	</body>
510	</subsection>	328	<subsection>
		329	<include href="hb-install-bootconfig.xml"/>
511	<subsection>	330	</subsection>
512	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>
513	<body>
514		331
515	<p>
516	If you are an advanced user, you might want to tweak the IDE hard disk
517	performance using <c>hdparm</c>. With the <c>-tT</c> options you can
518	test the performance of your disk (execute it several times to get a
519	more precise impression):
520	</p>
521
522	<pre caption="Testing disk performance">
523	# <i>hdparm -tT /dev/hda</i>
524	</pre>
525
526	<p>
527	To tweak, you can use any of the following examples (or experiment
528	yourself) which use <path>/dev/hda</path> as disk (substitute with your
529	disk):
530	</p>
531
532	<pre caption="Tweaking hard disk performance">
533	<comment>Activate DMA:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda</i>
534	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>
535	</pre>
536
537	</body>
538	</subsection>
539	<subsection id="useraccounts">
540	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>
541	<body>
542
543	<p>
544	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
545	environment or you want to chat using <c>irssi</c> without root privileges (for
546	security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change
547	the root password.
548	</p>
549
550	<p>
551	To change the root password, use the <c>passwd</c> utility:
552	</p>
553
554	<pre caption="Changing the root password">
555	# <i>passwd</i>
556	New password: <comment>(Enter your new password)</comment>
557	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter your password)</comment>
558	</pre>
559
560	<p>
561	To create a user account, we first enter their credentials, followed by
562	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.
563	In the next example, we create a user called "john".
564	</p>
565
566	<pre caption="Creating a user account">
567	# <i>useradd john</i>
568	# <i>passwd john</i>
569	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>
570	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>
571	</pre>
572
573	<p>
574	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using
575	<c>su</c>:
576	</p>
577
578	<pre caption="Changing user id">
579	# <i>su john -</i>
580	</pre>
581
582	</body>
583	</subsection>
584	<subsection>
585	<title>Optional: Viewing Documentation while Installing</title>
586	<body>
587
588	<p>
589	If you want to view the Gentoo Handbook (either from-CD or online) during the
590	installation, make sure you have created a user account (see <uri
591	link="#useraccouts">Optional: User Accounts</uri>). Then press <c>Alt-F2</c> to
592	go to a new terminal and log in.
593	</p>
594
595	<p>
596	If you want to view the documentation on the CD you can immediately run
597	<c>links2</c> to read it:
598	</p>
599
600	<pre caption="Viewing the on-CD documentation">
601	# <i>links2 /mnt/cdrom/docs/html/index.html</i>
602	</pre>
603
604	<p>
605	However, it is preferred that you use the online Gentoo Handbook as it will be
606	more recent than the one provided on the CD. You can view it using <c>links2</c>
607	as well, but only after having completed the <e>Configuring your Network</e>
608	chapter (otherwise you won't be able to go on the Internet to view the
609	document):
610	</p>
611
612	<pre caption="Viewing the Online Documentation">
613	# <i>links2 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml</i>
614	</pre>
615
616	<p>
617	You can go back to your original terminal by pressing <c>Alt-F1</c>.
618	</p>
619
620	</body>
621	</subsection>
622	<subsection>
623	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>
624	<body>
625
626	<p>
627	If you want to allow other users to access your computer during the
628	Gentoo installation (perhaps because those users are going to help you
629	install Gentoo, or even do it for you), you need to create a user
630	account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password
631	(<e>only</e> do that <e>if</e> you <b>fully trust</b> that user).
632	</p>
633
634	<p>
635	To fire up the SSH daemon, execute the following command:
636	</p>
637
638	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">
639	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>
640	</pre>
641
642	<p>
643	To be able to use sshd, you first need to setup your networking. Continue with
644	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.
645	</p>
646
647	</body>
648	</subsection>
649	</section>	332	</section>
650	</sections>	333	</sections>

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