en/handbook/hb-install-alpha-medium.xml

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<sections>

<version>21</version>
<date>2013-12-17</date>

<section>
<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
<subsection>
<title>Introduction</title>
<body>

<p>
Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to
successfully install Gentoo on your box. 
</p>

</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
<body>

<table>
<tr>
  <th>CPU</th>
  <ti>
    Please check with the <uri
    link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-5.html">Alpha/Linux FAQ</uri>
  </ti>
</tr>
<tr>
  <th>Memory</th>
  <ti>64 MB</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
  <th>Diskspace</th>
  <ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
  <th>Swap space</th>
  <ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</subsection>
</section>

<section>
<title>The Gentoo Installation CD</title>
<subsection>
<title>Introduction</title>
<body>

<p>
The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
</p>

<p>
All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet.
</p>

<!--
<impo>
If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, please use
the installation instructions described in the <uri
link="2008.0/index.xml">Gentoo 2008.0 Handbooks</uri>. 
</impo>

<p>
The two Installation CDs we currently provide are:
</p>

<ul>
  <li>
    The Gentoo Minimal Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which
    sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue
    with the Gentoo installation.
  </li>
  <li>
    The Gentoo Universal Installation CD, a bootable CD with the same abilities
    as the Minimal Installation CD. Additionally, it contains several stage3 
    tarballs (optimized for the individual subarchitectures).
  </li>
</ul>

<p>
To help you decide which Installation CD you need, we have written down the
major advantages and disadvantages of each Installation CD.
</p>
-->

</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<title>Gentoo Minimal Installation CD</title>
<body>

<p>
The Minimal Installation CD is called <c><keyval id="min-cd-name"/></c> and
takes up around <keyval id="min-cd-size"/> MB of diskspace. You can use this
Installation CD to install Gentoo, but <e>only</e> with a working Internet
connection.
</p>
<!--
<table>
<tr>
  <th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
  <th>Pros and Cons</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <th>+</th>
  <ti>Smallest download</ti>
</tr>
<tr>
  <th>-</th>
  <ti>
    Contains no stage3 tarball, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and is
    therefore not suitable for networkless installation
  </ti>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<title>Gentoo's Universal Installation CD</title>
<body>

<p>
The Universal Installation CD is called <c>install-alpha-universal-2008.0.iso</c>
and consumes about 316 MB on a CD. You can use this Installation CD to install
Gentoo, and you can even use it to install Gentoo without a working internet
connection.
</p>

<table>
<tr>
  <th>Universal Installation CD</th>
  <th>Pros and Cons</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <ti>+</ti>
  <ti>
    Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
    connection.
  </ti>
</tr>
<tr>
  <ti>-</ti>
  <ti>
    Huge download
  </ti>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</subsection>

<subsection>
<title>Other CDs</title>
<body>

<p>
You might find a Package CD on one of our mirrors. This CD is not an
Installation CD but an additional resource that can be exploited during a
networkless installation. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP
set) that allow you to easily and quickly install additional applications
(such as LibreOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the networkless
Gentoo installation.
</p>

<p>
If you intend to use the Packages CD to quickly install additional software,
make sure that you use the same subarchitecture as the stage3 tarball you use.
</p>
-->
</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<title>The Stage3 Tarball</title>
<body>

<p>
A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment, suitable
to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in this manual.
Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation using one of three 
stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and stage2 tarballs, the 
official installation method uses the stage3 tarball. If you are interested in
performing a Gentoo installation using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read
the Gentoo FAQ on <uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAQ/#How_do_I_Install_Gentoo_Using_a_Stage1_or_Stage2_Tarball.3F">How
do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?</uri>
</p>

<p>
Stage3 tarballs can be downloaded from <path><keyval
id="release-dir"/>current-stage3/</path> on any of the <uri
link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">Official Gentoo Mirrors</uri> and are not provided
on the LiveCD.
</p>

</body>
</subsection>
</section>
<!-- STOP -->
<section>
<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
<subsection>
<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
<body>

<p>
You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by 
downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed 
the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them? 
</p>

<p>
You can download any of the Installation CDs from one of our <uri
link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located in
the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>current-iso/</path> directory.
</p>

<p>
Inside that directory you'll find ISO files. Those are full CD images which you
can write on a CD-R.
</p>

<p>
In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can check
its SHA-2 checksum and compare it with the SHA-2 checksum we provide (such as
<path><keyval id="min-cd-name"/>.DIGESTS</path>). You can check the SHA-2 checksum
with the <c>sha512sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
link="http://www.sinf.gr/en/hashcalc.html">Checksums calculator</uri> for Windows.
</p>

<pre caption="Verifying the SHA-2 checksum">
$ <i>sha512sum -c &lt;downloaded iso.DIGESTS&gt;</i>
</pre>

<note>
If you get the message that no properly formatted SHA checksum was found, take a
look at the DIGESTS file yourself to see what the supported checksums are.
</note>

<p>
Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to
verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public keys whose
key ids can be found on the <uri link="/proj/en/releng/index.xml">release
engineering project site</uri>.
</p>

<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
<comment>(... Substitute the key ids with those mentioned on the release engineering site ...)</comment>
$ <i>gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 96D8BF6D 2D182910 17072058</i>
</pre>

<p>
Now verify the signature:
</p>

<pre caption="Verify the files">
$ <i>gpg --verify &lt;downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</i>
$ <i>sha512sum -c &lt;downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc&gt;</i>
</pre>

<p>
To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you
do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c> and
<c>K3B</c> here; more information can be found in our <uri
link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_burn_an_ISO_file.3F">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
</p>

<ul>
  <li>
    With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 &lt;downloaded iso 
    file&gt;</c> (replace <path>/dev/sr0</path> with your CD-RW drive's 
    device path).
  </li>
  <li>
    With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> &gt; <c>Burn CD Image</c>. Then you can locate
    your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click <c>Start</c>.
  </li>
</ul>

</body>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<title>Booting the Installation CD</title>
<body>

<p>
When your Alpha is powered on, the first thing that gets started is the
firmware. It is loosely synonymous with the BIOS software on PC systems. There
are two types of firmware on Alpha systems: SRM (<e>Systems Reference 
Manual</e>) and ARC (<e>Advanced Risc Console</e>).
</p>

<p>
SRM is based on the Alpha Console Subsystem specification, which provides an
operating environment for OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Linux operating systems. ARC
is based on the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) specification, which provides
an operating environment for Windows NT.  You can find a 
<uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/SRM-HOWTO/">detailed guide</uri> on 
using SRM over at the Alpha Linux website.
</p>

<p>
If your Alpha system supports both SRM and ARCs (ARC, AlphaBIOS, ARCSBIOS) you
should follow <uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/x31.html">these
instructions</uri> for switching to SRM. If your system already uses SRM, you
are all set. If your system can only use ARCs (Ruffian, nautilus, xl, etc.) you
will need to choose <c>MILO</c> later on when we are talking about bootloaders.
</p>

<p>
Now to boot an Alpha Installation CD, put the CD-ROM in the tray and reboot the
system. You can use SRM to boot the Installation CD. If you cannot do that, you
will have to use <c>MILO</c>.
</p>

<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using SRM">
<comment>(List available hardware drives)</comment>
&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>show device</i>
dkb0.0.1.4.0        DKB0       TOSHIBA CDROM
<comment>(...)</comment>
<comment>(Substitute dkb0 with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>boot dkb0 -flags 0</i>
<comment>(This flag will use serial port ttyS0 as the default console)</comment>
&gt;&gt;&gt; <i>boot dkb0 -flags 2</i>
</pre>

<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using MILO">
<comment>(Substitute sdb with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
MILO&gt; <i>boot sdb:/boot/gentoo initrd=/boot/gentoo.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot</i>
<comment>(Using serial port ttyS0 as the default console)</comment>
MILO&gt; <i>boot sdb:/boot/gentoo initrd=/boot/gentoo.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs console=ttyS0 cdroot</i>
</pre>

<p>
You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch
to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you
started on by pressing Alt-F1.
</p>

<p>
Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
</p>

</body>
</subsection>

<subsection>
<include href="hb-install-bootconfig.xml"/>
</subsection>

</section>
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15			<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
16			<subsection>
17			<title>Introduction</title>
18			<body>
19
20			<p>
21			Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to
22	swift	1.24	successfully install Gentoo on your box.
23	swift	1.1	</p>
24
25			</body>
26			</subsection>
27			<subsection>
28	swift	1.24	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
29	swift	1.1	<body>
30
31	swift	1.24	<table>
32			<tr>
33			<th>CPU</th>
34			<ti>
35			Please check with the <uri
36			link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/FAQ-5.html">Alpha/Linux FAQ</uri>
37			</ti>
38			</tr>
39			<tr>
40			<th>Memory</th>
41			<ti>64 MB</ti>
42			</tr>
43			<tr>
44			<th>Diskspace</th>
45			<ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
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47			<tr>
48			<th>Swap space</th>
49			<ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
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53			</body>
54			</subsection>
55			</section>
56	swift	1.37
57	swift	1.1	<section>
58	neysx	1.45	<title>The Gentoo Installation CD</title>
59	swift	1.24	<subsection>
60			<title>Introduction</title>
61			<body>
62
63	swift	1.1	<p>
64	swift	1.28	The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
65	swift	1.24	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
66			During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
67			are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
68			</p>
69
70			<p>
71	swift	1.28	All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
72	nightmorph	1.52	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet.
73	swift	1.24	</p>
74
75	nightmorph	1.52	<!--
76			<impo>
77	swift	1.26	If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, please use
78	swift	1.24	the installation instructions described in the <uri
79	nightmorph	1.47	link="2008.0/index.xml">Gentoo 2008.0 Handbooks</uri>.
80	nightmorph	1.52	</impo>
81	swift	1.24
82			<p>
83	swift	1.28	The two Installation CDs we currently provide are:
84			</p>
85
86			<ul>
87			<li>
88			The Gentoo Minimal Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which
89			sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue
90			with the Gentoo installation.
91			</li>
92			<li>
93			The Gentoo Universal Installation CD, a bootable CD with the same abilities
94	swift	1.37	as the Minimal Installation CD. Additionally, it contains several stage3
95			tarballs (optimized for the individual subarchitectures).
96	swift	1.28	</li>
97			</ul>
98
99			<p>
100			To help you decide which Installation CD you need, we have written down the
101			major advantages and disadvantages of each Installation CD.
102	swift	1.1	</p>
103	neysx	1.45	-->
104	swift	1.1
105			</body>
106			</subsection>
107			<subsection>
108	nightmorph	1.52	<title>Gentoo Minimal Installation CD</title>
109	swift	1.1	<body>
110
111			<p>
112	nightmorph	1.47	The Minimal Installation CD is called <c><keyval id="min-cd-name"/></c> and
113	swift	1.57	takes up around <keyval id="min-cd-size"/> MB of diskspace. You can use this
114	nightmorph	1.52	Installation CD to install Gentoo, but <e>only</e> with a working Internet
115			connection.
116	swift	1.1	</p>
117	neysx	1.45	<!--
118	swift	1.24	<table>
119			<tr>
120	swift	1.28	<th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
121	swift	1.24	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
122			</tr>
123			<tr>
124			<th>+</th>
125			<ti>Smallest download</ti>
126			</tr>
127			<tr>
128			<th>-</th>
129			<ti>
130	swift	1.37	Contains no stage3 tarball, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and is
131	swift	1.24	therefore not suitable for networkless installation
132			</ti>
133			</tr>
134			</table>
135	swift	1.1
136			</body>
137			</subsection>
138	swift	1.28	<subsection>
139			<title>Gentoo's Universal Installation CD</title>
140			<body>
141
142			<p>
143	nightmorph	1.47	The Universal Installation CD is called <c>install-alpha-universal-2008.0.iso</c>
144	fox2mike	1.40	and consumes about 316 MB on a CD. You can use this Installation CD to install
145			Gentoo, and you can even use it to install Gentoo without a working internet
146	nightmorph	1.50	connection.
147	swift	1.28	</p>
148
149			<table>
150			<tr>
151			<th>Universal Installation CD</th>
152			<th>Pros and Cons</th>
153			</tr>
154			<tr>
155			<ti>+</ti>
156			<ti>
157			Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
158			connection.
159			</ti>
160			</tr>
161			<tr>
162			<ti>-</ti>
163			<ti>
164			Huge download
165			</ti>
166			</tr>
167			</table>
168
169			</body>
170			</subsection>
171	nightmorph	1.43
172	swift	1.28	<subsection>
173			<title>Other CDs</title>
174			<body>
175
176			<p>
177	neysx	1.38	You might find a Package CD on one of our mirrors. This CD is not an
178	swift	1.28	Installation CD but an additional resource that can be exploited during a
179	neysx	1.38	networkless installation. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP
180			set) that allow you to easily and quickly install additional applications
181	swift	1.63	(such as LibreOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the networkless
182	neysx	1.38	Gentoo installation.
183	swift	1.28	</p>
184
185	swift	1.36	<p>
186			If you intend to use the Packages CD to quickly install additional software,
187	swift	1.37	make sure that you use the same subarchitecture as the stage3 tarball you use.
188			</p>
189	neysx	1.45	-->
190	swift	1.37	</body>
191	nightmorph	1.43	</subsection>
192	swift	1.37	<subsection>
193			<title>The Stage3 Tarball</title>
194			<body>
195
196			<p>
197			A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment, suitable
198			to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in this manual.
199			Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation using one of three
200			stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and stage2 tarballs, the
201			official installation method uses the stage3 tarball. If you are interested in
202			performing a Gentoo installation using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read
203	swift	1.64	the Gentoo FAQ on <uri link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAQ/#How_do_I_Install_Gentoo_Using_a_Stage1_or_Stage2_Tarball.3F">How
204			do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?</uri>
205	swift	1.36	</p>
206
207	nightmorph	1.52	<p>
208			Stage3 tarballs can be downloaded from <path><keyval
209			id="release-dir"/>current-stage3/</path> on any of the <uri
210			link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">Official Gentoo Mirrors</uri> and are not provided
211			on the LiveCD.
212			</p>
213
214	swift	1.28	</body>
215			</subsection>
216	swift	1.1	</section>
217	swift	1.24	<!-- STOP -->
218	swift	1.1	<section>
219	swift	1.28	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
220	swift	1.1	<subsection>
221	swift	1.28	<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
222	swift	1.1	<body>
223
224			<p>
225	swift	1.28	You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
226			downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
227			the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
228	swift	1.1	</p>
229
230			<p>
231	nightmorph	1.52	You can download any of the Installation CDs from one of our <uri
232			link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located in
233			the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>current-iso/</path> directory.
234	swift	1.24	</p>
235
236			<p>
237	nightmorph	1.47	Inside that directory you'll find ISO files. Those are full CD images which you
238	neysx	1.38	can write on a CD-R.
239	swift	1.1	</p>
240
241			<p>
242	nightmorph	1.47	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can check
243	swift	1.59	its SHA-2 checksum and compare it with the SHA-2 checksum we provide (such as
244			<path><keyval id="min-cd-name"/>.DIGESTS</path>). You can check the SHA-2 checksum
245			with the <c>sha512sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
246	swift	1.61	link="http://www.sinf.gr/en/hashcalc.html">Checksums calculator</uri> for Windows.
247	swift	1.1	</p>
248
249	swift	1.60	<pre caption="Verifying the SHA-2 checksum">
250			$ <i>sha512sum -c <downloaded iso.DIGESTS></i>
251			</pre>
252
253			<note>
254			If you get the message that no properly formatted SHA checksum was found, take a
255			look at the DIGESTS file yourself to see what the supported checksums are.
256			</note>
257
258	swift	1.1	<p>
259	swift	1.8	Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to
260			verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
261	swift	1.58	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public keys whose
262			key ids can be found on the <uri link="/proj/en/releng/index.xml">release
263			engineering project site</uri>.
264	swift	1.8	</p>
265
266			<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
267	swift	1.58	<comment>(... Substitute the key ids with those mentioned on the release engineering site ...)</comment>
268	swift	1.56	$ <i>gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 96D8BF6D 2D182910 17072058</i>
269	swift	1.8	</pre>
270
271			<p>
272			Now verify the signature:
273			</p>
274
275	nightmorph	1.52	<pre caption="Verify the files">
276			$ <i>gpg --verify <downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc></i>
277	swift	1.60	$ <i>sha512sum -c <downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc></i>
278	swift	1.8	</pre>
279
280			<p>
281	swift	1.1	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you
282	swift	1.9	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c> and
283			<c>K3B</c> here; more information can be found in our <uri
284	swift	1.64	link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_burn_an_ISO_file.3F">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
285	swift	1.1	</p>
286
287			<ul>
288			<li>
289	swift	1.62	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 <downloaded iso
290			file></c> (replace <path>/dev/sr0</path> with your CD-RW drive's
291	swift	1.27	device path).
292	swift	1.1	</li>
293	swift	1.2	<li>
294	nightmorph	1.46	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>Burn CD Image</c>. Then you can locate
295			your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click <c>Start</c>.
296	swift	1.2	</li>
297	swift	1.1	</ul>
298
299			</body>
300			</subsection>
301			<subsection>
302	swift	1.28	<title>Booting the Installation CD</title>
303	swift	1.1	<body>
304
305			<p>
306			When your Alpha is powered on, the first thing that gets started is the
307			firmware. It is loosely synonymous with the BIOS software on PC systems. There
308			are two types of firmware on Alpha systems: SRM (<e>Systems Reference
309			Manual</e>) and ARC (<e>Advanced Risc Console</e>).
310			</p>
311
312			<p>
313			SRM is based on the Alpha Console Subsystem specification, which provides an
314	swift	1.28	operating environment for OpenVMS, Tru64 UNIX, and Linux operating systems. ARC
315	swift	1.1	is based on the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) specification, which provides
316	vapier	1.14	an operating environment for Windows NT. You can find a
317			<uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/SRM-HOWTO/">detailed guide</uri> on
318			using SRM over at the Alpha Linux website.
319	swift	1.1	</p>
320
321			<p>
322	vapier	1.29	If your Alpha system supports both SRM and ARCs (ARC, AlphaBIOS, ARCSBIOS) you
323	swift	1.1	should follow <uri link="http://www.alphalinux.org/faq/x31.html">these
324			instructions</uri> for switching to SRM. If your system already uses SRM, you
325			are all set. If your system can only use ARCs (Ruffian, nautilus, xl, etc.) you
326			will need to choose <c>MILO</c> later on when we are talking about bootloaders.
327			</p>
328
329			<p>
330	nightmorph	1.49	Now to boot an Alpha Installation CD, put the CD-ROM in the tray and reboot the
331	swift	1.28	system. You can use SRM to boot the Installation CD. If you cannot do that, you
332	nightmorph	1.49	will have to use <c>MILO</c>.
333	swift	1.1	</p>
334
335			<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using SRM">
336			<comment>(List available hardware drives)</comment>
337			>>> <i>show device</i>
338			dkb0.0.1.4.0 DKB0 TOSHIBA CDROM
339			<comment>(...)</comment>
340			<comment>(Substitute dkb0 with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
341			>>> <i>boot dkb0 -flags 0</i>
342	nightmorph	1.53	<comment>(This flag will use serial port ttyS0 as the default console)</comment>
343	nightmorph	1.54	>>> <i>boot dkb0 -flags 2</i>
344	swift	1.1	</pre>
345
346			<pre caption="Booting a CD-ROM using MILO">
347	nightmorph	1.48	<comment>(Substitute sdb with your CD-ROM drive device)</comment>
348	nightmorph	1.54	MILO> <i>boot sdb:/boot/gentoo initrd=/boot/gentoo.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot</i>
349	nightmorph	1.53	<comment>(Using serial port ttyS0 as the default console)</comment>
350	nightmorph	1.54	MILO> <i>boot sdb:/boot/gentoo initrd=/boot/gentoo.igz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs console=ttyS0 cdroot</i>
351	swift	1.1	</pre>
352
353			<p>
354			You should have a root ("#") prompt on the current console and can also switch
355			to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get back to the one you
356			started on by pressing Alt-F1.
357			</p>
358
359			<p>
360			Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
361			</p>
362
363			</body>
364			</subsection>
365
366			<subsection>
367	nightmorph	1.48	<include href="hb-install-bootconfig.xml"/>
368	swift	1.13	</subsection>
369	swift	1.1
370			</section>
371			</sections>