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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
| 10 | <section> |
10 | <section> |
| 11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
11 | <title>Hardware Requirements</title> |
| 12 | <subsection> |
12 | <subsection> |
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| 250 | This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the |
250 | This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the |
| 251 | system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It |
251 | system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It |
| 252 | does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file), |
252 | does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file), |
| 253 | source code or precompiled packages. For example the sparc64 variant of this |
253 | source code or precompiled packages. For example the sparc64 variant of this |
| 254 | LiveCD can be found in the <path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory and is called |
254 | LiveCD can be found in the <path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory and is called |
| 255 | <c>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.0.iso</c>. |
255 | <c>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.1.iso</c>. |
| 256 | </p> |
256 | </p> |
| 257 | |
257 | |
| 258 | <table> |
258 | <table> |
| 259 | <tr> |
259 | <tr> |
| 260 | <th>Minimal LiveCD</th> |
260 | <th>Minimal LiveCD</th> |
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| 292 | |
292 | |
| 293 | <p> |
293 | <p> |
| 294 | Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without |
294 | Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without |
| 295 | networking. It contains a stage1 and stage3 tarballs (optimized for the |
295 | networking. It contains a stage1 and stage3 tarballs (optimized for the |
| 296 | sparc architecture). For example the sparc64 variant of this CD is called |
296 | sparc architecture). For example the sparc64 variant of this CD is called |
| 297 | <c>install-sparc64-universal-2004.0.iso</c> and can be found in the |
297 | <c>install-sparc64-universal-2004.1.iso</c> and can be found in the |
| 298 | <path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory. |
298 | <path>sparc64/</path> subdirectory. |
| 299 | </p> |
299 | </p> |
| 300 | |
300 | |
| 301 | <p> |
301 | <p> |
| 302 | If you take a closer look into the directories you will see |
302 | If you take a closer look into the directories you will see |
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| 304 | bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software |
304 | bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software |
| 305 | after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only |
305 | after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only |
| 306 | need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME |
306 | need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME |
| 307 | etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages |
307 | etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages |
| 308 | CD too. Such a Packages CD for sparc64 is called |
308 | CD too. Such a Packages CD for sparc64 is called |
| 309 | <c>packages-sparc64-2004.0.iso</c>. |
309 | <c>packages-sparc64-2004.1.iso</c>. |
| 310 | </p> |
310 | </p> |
| 311 | |
311 | |
| 312 | <table> |
312 | <table> |
| 313 | <tr> |
313 | <tr> |
| 314 | <th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th> |
314 | <th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th> |
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| 354 | </p> |
354 | </p> |
| 355 | |
355 | |
| 356 | <p> |
356 | <p> |
| 357 | Visit one of our <uri |
357 | Visit one of our <uri |
| 358 | link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to |
358 | link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to |
| 359 | <path>releases/sparc/2004.0/livecd/sparc64</path> where the LiveCD(s) of |
359 | <path>releases/sparc/2004.1/livecd</path> where the LiveCD(s) of |
| 360 | your choice are located. Inside that directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. |
360 | your choice are located. Inside the subdirectories <path>sparc32/</path> and |
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361 | <path>sparc64/</path> you'll find so-called ISO-files. |
| 361 | Those are full CD images which you can write on a CD-R. |
362 | Those are full CD images which you can write on a CD-R. |
| 362 | </p> |
363 | </p> |
| 363 | |
364 | |
| 364 | <p> |
365 | <p> |
| 365 | In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can |
366 | In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can |
| 366 | check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as |
367 | check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as |
| 367 | <path>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.0.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 |
368 | <path>install-sparc64-minimal-2004.1.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 |
| 368 | checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri |
369 | checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri |
| 369 | link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows. |
370 | link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows. |
| 370 | </p> |
371 | </p> |
| 371 | |
372 | |
| 372 | <p> |
373 | <p> |
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| 425 | ok <i>boot cdrom</i> |
426 | ok <i>boot cdrom</i> |
| 426 | </pre> |
427 | </pre> |
| 427 | |
428 | |
| 428 | <p> |
429 | <p> |
| 429 | You will be greeted by the SILO boot manager (on the LiveCD). Type in |
430 | You will be greeted by the SILO boot manager (on the LiveCD). Type in |
| 430 | <c>gentoo</c> (single-CPU kernel) or <c>smp</c> (multi-CPU kernel) and press |
431 | <c>gentoo-2.4</c> (single-CPU kernel) or <c>gentoo-2.4-smp</c> |
| 431 | enter to continue booting the system. In the following example we'll boot the |
432 | (multi-CPU kernel) and press enter to continue booting the system. In the |
| 432 | <c>gentoo</c> kernel. |
433 | following example we'll boot the <c>gentoo-2.4</c> kernel. |
| 433 | </p> |
434 | </p> |
| 434 | |
435 | |
| 435 | <pre caption="Continue booting from the LiveCD"> |
436 | <pre caption="Continue booting from the LiveCD"> |
| 436 | boot: <i>gentoo</i> |
437 | boot: <i>gentoo-2.4</i> |
| 437 | </pre> |
438 | </pre> |
| 438 | |
439 | |
| 439 | <p> |
440 | <p> |
| 440 | Once the LiveCD is booted, you will be greeted by a login prompt. Log on as |
441 | Once the LiveCD is booted, you will be greeted by a login prompt. Log on as |
| 441 | <c>root</c>. There is no password, so when you are asked for one, press Enter. |
442 | <c>root</c>. There is no password, so when you are asked for one, press Enter. |
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