Gentoo Handbook
Daniel Robbins
Sven Vermeulen
Chris Houser
Jerry Alexandratos
Seemant Kulleen
Tavis Ormandy
Aron Griffis
Guy Martin
Pieter Van den Abeele
Joe Kallar
John P. Davis
Pierre-Henri Jondot
Eric Stockbridge
Rajiv Manglani
Jungmin Seo
Stoyan Zhekov
Jared Hudson
Colin Morey
Jorge Paulo
Carl Anderson
Jon Portnoy
Zack Gilburd
Jack Morgan
Benny Chuang
Grant Goodyear
Gerald J. Normandin Jr.
Donnie Berkholz
Ken Nowack
Lars Weiler
This is the Gentoo Handbook, an effort to centralise Gentoo/Linux
information.
0.1
October 7, 2003
Installing Gentoo
In this chapter you learn how to install Gentoo on your system.
About the Gentoo Linux Installation
Users not known to Gentoo don't always know that choice is what
Gentoo is all about.
Choosing the Right Installation Medium
You can install Gentoo in many ways. You can use our LiveCD, an existing
distribution etc.
Configuring your Network
If you want to install Gentoo using the Internet, you need to setup
networking.
Preparing the Disks
To be able to install Gentoo, you must create the necessary partitions.
This section describes how to partition a disk for future usage.
Installing the Gentoo Installation Files
Gentoo installs work through socalled stage-files. In this section we
describe how you extract a stage-file and chroot into your system.
Installing the Gentoo Base System
Independent of what stage you chose, the eventual result is that you
have a Gentoo base system at your disposal. This section describes how
to progress to that stadium.
Configuring the Kernel
The Linux kernel is the core of every distribution. This section
explains how to configure your kernel.
Configuring the Bootloader
Several bootloaders exist. Each one of them has its own way of
configuration. In this section we'll describe all possibilities for you
and step you through the process of configuring a bootloader to your
needs.
Configuring your System
You need to edit some important configuration files. In this section
you receive an overview of these files and an explanation on how to
proceed.
Installing Necessary System Tools
As mentioned before, Gentoo is about choices. In this section we help
you install tools of which you have the choice of choosing from.
Finalising your Gentoo Installation
You're almost done. We'll just create one (or more) users for your
system and leave the installation to reboot into a brand new Gentoo
installation.
Where to go from here?
Now you have your Gentoo system, but what's next?