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8		8
9	<sections>	9	<sections>
		10
		11	<abstract>
		12	You can install Gentoo in many ways. This chapter explains how to install
		13	Gentoo using the minimal Installation CD.
		14	</abstract>
		15
		16	<version>13</version>
		17	<date>2012-06-29</date>
		18
10	<section>	19	<section>
11	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>	20	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
12	<subsection>	21	<subsection>
13	<title>Introduction</title>	22	<title>Introduction</title>
14	<body>	23	<body>
15		24
16	<p>	25	<p>
17	Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to	26	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	27	successfully install Gentoo on your box.
19	architecture.
20	</p>	28	</p>
21		29
22	</body>	30	</body>
23	</subsection>
24	<subsection>	31	</subsection>
25	<title>The PPC Architecture</title>	32	<subsection>
		33	<title>Hardware Requirements</title>
26	<body>	34	<body>
27		35
28	<p>	36	<table>
29	Check the following requirements before you	37	<tr>
30	continue with the Gentoo installation:	38	<th>Apple NewWorld Machines</th>
		39	<ti>
		40	Power/PowerPC microprocessors (G3, G4, G5) such as iMac, eMac, iBook
		41	PowerBook, Xserver, PowerMac
		42	</ti>
		43	</tr>
		44	<tr>
		45	<th>Apple OldWorld machines</th>
		46	<ti>
		47	Apple Machines with an Open Firmware revision less than 3, such as the Beige
		48	G3s, PCI PowerMacs and PCI PowerBooks. PCI-based Apple Clones should also
		49	be supported.
		50	</ti>
		51	</tr>
		52	<tr>
		53	<th>Genesi</th>
		54	<ti>
		55	Pegasos I/II, Open Desktop Workstation, Efika
		56	</ti>
		57	</tr>
		58	<tr>
		59	<th>IBM</th>
		60	<ti>
		61	RS/6000, iSeries, pSeries
		62	</ti>
		63	</tr>
		64	<tr>
		65	<th>Memory</th>
		66	<ti>At least 64 MB</ti>
		67	</tr>
		68	<tr>
		69	<th>Diskspace</th>
		70	<ti>1.5 GB (excluding swap space)</ti>
		71	</tr>
		72	<tr>
		73	<th>Swap space</th>
		74	<ti>At least 256 MB</ti>
		75	</tr>
		76	</table>
		77
31	</p>	78	<p>
32
33	<ul>
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>PowerPC architecture</e>, you can install Gentoo/PPC on machines
43	having a Power or PowerPC microprocessor, including but not limited to G3, G4
44	or G5 powered Apple computers such as the iMac, the iBook, the PowerBook,
45	Xserve, PowerMac, and bPlan's Pegasos I and II... We also provide limited
46	support for oldworld systems, IBM (rs/6000, iSeries, zSeries, ...) and Amiga
47	systems. Be sure to read up on the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo	79	Be sure to read the <uri link="/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-faq.xml">Gentoo PPC FAQ</uri>
48	PPC FAQ</uri> too before you begin.	80	for help with some common installation related issues or if you're unsure as to
49	</li>	81	just what's in that PowerPC machine you've got sitting on your desk right now.
50	</ul>	82	</p>
51		83
52	</body>	84	</body>
53	</subsection>	85	</subsection>
54	</section>	86	</section>
		87
		88	<!-- START -->
55	<section>	89	<section>
56	<title>Make your Choice</title>	90	<title>The Gentoo Installation CDs</title>
57	<subsection>	91	<subsection>
58	<title>Introduction</title>	92	<title>Introduction</title>
59	<body>	93	<body>
60		94
61	<p>	95	<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>
86	<subsection>
87	<title>The Three Stages</title>
88	<body>
89
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>
101
102	<p>
103	Now what stage do you have to choose?
104	</p>
105
106	<p>
107	Starting from a <e>stage1</e> allows you to have total control over the
108	optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is
109	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
111	installation method for those who would like to know more about the
112	inner workings of Gentoo Linux.
113	</p>
114
115	<p>
116	A <e>stage1</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
117	Internet connection.
118	</p>
119
120	<table>
121	<tr>
122	<th>Stage1</th>
123	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
124	</tr>
125	<tr>
126	<th>+</th>
127	<ti>
128	Allows you to have total control over the optimization settings and optional
129	build-time functionality that is initially enabled on your system
130	</ti>
131	</tr>
132	<tr>
133	<th>+</th>
134	<ti>Suitable for powerusers that know what they are doing</ti>
135	</tr>
136	<tr>
137	<th>+</th>
138	<ti>Allows you to learn more about the inner workings of Gentoo</ti>
139	</tr>
140	<tr>
141	<th>-</th>
142	<ti>Takes a long time to finish the installation</ti>
143	</tr>
144	<tr>
145	<th>-</th>
146	<ti>
147	If you don't intend to tweak the settings, it is probably a waste of time
148	</ti>
149	</tr>
150	<tr>
151	<th>-</th>
152	<ti>
153	Not suitable for networkless installations
154	</ti>
155	</tr>
156	</table>
157
158	<p>
159	<e>Stage2</e> installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process and doing this
160	is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose
161	for your particular <e>stage2</e> tarball.
162	</p>
163
164	<p>
165	A <e>stage2</e> installation can only be performed when you have a working
166	Internet connection.
167	</p>
168
169	<table>
170	<tr>
171	<th>Stage2</th>
172	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
173	</tr>
174	<tr>
175	<th>+</th>
176	<ti>You don't need to bootstrap</ti>
177	</tr>
178	<tr>
179	<th>+</th>
180	<ti>Faster than starting with stage1</ti>
181	</tr>
182	<tr>
183	<th>+</th>
184	<ti>You can still tweak your settings</ti>
185	</tr>
186	<tr>
187	<th>-</th>
188	<ti>You cannot tweak as much as with a stage1</ti>
189	</tr>
190	<tr>
191	<th>-</th>
192	<ti>It's not the fastest way to install Gentoo</ti>
193	</tr>
194	<tr>
195	<th>-</th>
196	<ti>You have to accept the optimizations we chose for the bootstrap</ti>
197	</tr>
198	<tr>
199	<th>-</th>
200	<ti>
201	Not suitable for networkless installations
202	</ti>
203	</tr>
204	</table>
205
206	<p>
207	Choosing to go with a <e>stage3</e> allows for the fastest install of Gentoo
208	Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization
209	settings that we chose for you (which to be honest, are good settings
210	and were carefully chosen to enhance performance while maintaining
211	stability). <e>stage3</e> is also required if you want to install Gentoo using
212	prebuilt packages or without a network connection.
213	</p>
214
215	<table>
216	<tr>
217	<th>Stage3</th>
218	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
219	</tr>
220	<tr>
221	<th>+</th>
222	<ti>Fastest way to get a Gentoo base system</ti>
223	</tr>
224	<tr>
225	<th>+</th>
226	<ti>Suitable for networkless installations</ti>
227	</tr>
228	<tr>
229	<th>-</th>
230	<ti>You cannot tweak the base system - it's built already</ti>
231	</tr>
232	<tr>
233	<th>-</th>
234	<ti>You cannot brag about having used stage1 or stage2</ti>
235	</tr>
236	</table>
237
238	<p>
239	Write down (or remember) what stage you want to use. You need this later when
240	you decide what LiveCD (or other installation medium) you want to use. You might
241	be interested to know that, if you decide to use different optimization settings
242	after having installed Gentoo, you will be able to recompile your entire system
243	with the new optimization settings.
244	</p>
245
246	<p>
247	Now take a look at the available installation media.
248	</p>
249
250	</body>
251	</subsection>
252	<subsection>
253	<title>Gentoo LiveCDs</title>
254	<body>
255
256	<p>
257	The <e>Gentoo LiveCDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a	96	The <e>Gentoo Installation CDs</e> are bootable CDs which contain a
258	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.	97	self-sustained Gentoo environment. They allow you to boot Linux from the CD.
259	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers	98	During the boot process your hardware is detected and the appropriate drivers
260	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.	99	are loaded. They are maintained by Gentoo developers.
261	</p>	100	</p>
262		101
263	<p>	102	<p>
264	All LiveCDs allow you to boot, setup networking, initialize your	103	All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
265	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. However, some	104	partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet.
266	LiveCDs also contain all necessary source code so you are able to install
267	Gentoo without a working network configuration.
268	</p>
269
270	<p>	105	</p>
271	Now what do these LiveCDs contain?	106
		107	<!--
		108	<impo>
		109	If you wish to install Gentoo without a working Internet connection, or would
		110	like to use one of the provided installers, please use the installation
		111	instructions described in the <uri link="2008.0/">Gentoo 2008.0
		112	Handbooks</uri>.
		113	</impo>
		114	-->
		115	<!--
272	</p>	116	<p>
		117	The Installation CDs that we currently provide are:
		118	</p>
273		119
		120	<ul>
		121	<li>
		122	The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable
		123	CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and
		124	continue with the Gentoo installation.
		125	</li>
		126	<li>
		127	The Universal Installation CD contains everything you need to install
		128	Gentoo. It provides stage3 files for common architectures, source code
		129	for the extra applications you need to choose from and, of course, the
		130	installation instructions for your architecture.
		131	</li>
		132	</ul>
		133
		134	<p>
		135	Gentoo also provides a Package CD. This is not an Installation CD but an
		136	additional resource that you can exploit during the installation of your Gentoo
		137	system. It contains prebuilt packages (also known as the GRP set) that allow
		138	you to easily and quickly install additional applications (such as
		139	OpenOffice.org, KDE, GNOME, ...) immediately after the Gentoo installation and
		140	right before you update your Portage tree.
		141	</p>
		142
		143	<p>
		144	The use of the Package CD is covered later in this document.
		145	</p>
		146	-->
274	</body>	147	</body>
275	</subsection>
276	<subsection>	148	</subsection>
		149	<subsection>
277	<title>Gentoo's Minimal LiveCD</title>	150	<title>Gentoo Minimal Installation CD</title>
278	<body>	151	<body>
279		152
280	<p>
281	This is a small, no-nonsense, bootable CD which sole purpose is to boot the
282	system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. It
283	does not contain any stages (or, in some cases, a single stage1 file),
284	source code or precompiled packages. For example the ppc variant of this
285	LiveCD can be found in the <path>universal</path> subdirectory and is called
286	<c>install-ppc-minimal-2004.1.iso</c>.
287	</p>	153	<p>
288		154	The Minimal Installation CD is called <c><keyval id="min-cd-name"/></c> and
		155	takes up around <keyval id="min-cd-size"/> MB of diskspace. You can use this
		156	Installation CD to install Gentoo, but <e>only</e> with a working Internet
		157	connection.
		158	</p>
		159	<!--
289	<table>	160	<table>
290	<tr>	161	<tr>
291	<th>Minimal LiveCD</th>	162	<th>Minimal Installation CD</th>
292	<th>Pros and Cons</th>	163	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
293	</tr>	164	</tr>
294	<tr>	165	<tr>
295	<th>+</th>	166	<th>+</th>
296	<ti>Smallest download</ti>	167	<ti>Smallest download</ti>
297	</tr>	168	</tr>
298	<tr>	169	<tr>
299	<th>+</th>
300	<ti>Suitable for a complete architecture</ti>
301	</tr>
302	<tr>
303	<th>+</th>
304	<ti>
305	You can do a stage1, stage2 or stage3 by getting the stage tarball off the
306	net
307	</ti>
308	</tr>
309	<tr>
310	<th>-</th>	170	<th>-</th>
311	<ti>	171	<ti>
312	Contains no stages, no portage snapshot, no GRP packages and therefore not	172	Contains no stage3 tarball, no Portage snapshot, no prebuilt packages and
313	suitable for networkless installation	173	is therefore not suitable for networkless installation
314	</ti>	174	</ti>
315	</tr>	175	</tr>
316	</table>	176	</table>
317		177	-->
318	</body>	178	</body>
319	</subsection>
320	<subsection>	179	</subsection>
321	<title>Gentoo's Universal LiveCD</title>	180	<subsection>
		181	<title>The Stage3 Tarball</title>
322	<body>	182	<body>
323		183
324	<p>
325	Gentoo's Universal LiveCD is a bootable CD suitable to install Gentoo without
326	networking. It contains a stage1 and several stage3 tarballs (optimized for the
327	individual subarchitectures). For example the ppc variant of this CD is called
328	<c>install-ppc-universal-2004.1.iso</c> and can be found in the
329	<path>universal</path> subdirectory.
330	</p>	184	<p>
331		185	A stage3 tarball is an archive containing a minimal Gentoo environment,
		186	suitable to continue the Gentoo installation using the instructions in this
		187	manual. Previously, the Gentoo Handbook described the installation using one of
		188	three stage tarballs. While Gentoo still offers stage1 and stage2 tarballs, the
		189	official installation method uses the stage3 tarball. If you are interested in
		190	performing a Gentoo installation using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, please read
		191	the Gentoo FAQ on <uri link="/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12">How do I Install Gentoo
		192	Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball?</uri>
332	<p>	193	</p>
333	If you take a closer look on our mirrors, you will see	194
334	that we provide <e>Gentoo Package CDs</e>. This CD (which isn't
335	bootable) only contains precompiled packages and can be used to install software
336	after a succesfull Gentoo Installation. To install Gentoo, you only
337	need the Universal LiveCD, but if you want OpenOffice.org, Mozilla, KDE, GNOME
338	etc. without having to compile every single one of them, you need the Packages
339	CD too. For example the G4 (a subarchitecture of ppc) Packages CD is
340	called <c>packages-g4-2004.1.iso</c> and can be found in the appropriate
341	subdirectory (<path>g4/</path>).
342	</p>	195	<p>
343		196	Stage3 tarballs can be downloaded from <path><keyval
		197	id="release-dir"/>current-stage3/</path> on any of the <uri
		198	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">Official Gentoo Mirrors</uri> and are not provided
		199	on the LiveCD.
344	<p>	200	</p>
345	You only need the Packages CD if you want to perform a stage3 with GRP
346	installation.
347	</p>
348
349	<table>
350	<tr>
351	<th>Universal LiveCD with Packages CD</th>
352	<th>Pros and Cons</th>
353	</tr>
354	<tr>
355	<th>+</th>
356	<ti>Packages CD is optimized to your architecture and subarchitecture</ti>
357	</tr>
358	<tr>
359	<th>+</th>
360	<ti>
361	Packages CD provides precompiled packages for fast Gentoo installations
362	</ti>
363	</tr>
364	<tr>
365	<th>+</th>
366	<ti>
367	Contains everything you need. You can even install without a network
368	connection.
369	</ti>
370	</tr>
371	<tr>
372	<th>-</th>
373	<ti>Huge download</ti>
374	</tr>
375	</table>
376		201
377	</body>	202	</body>
378	</subsection>	203	</subsection>
379	</section>	204	</section>
		205
		206
		207	<!-- STOP -->
380	<section>	208	<section>
381	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo LiveCD</title>	209	<title>Download, Burn and Boot a Gentoo Installation CD</title>
382	<subsection>	210	<subsection>
383	<title>Downloading and Burning the LiveCDs</title>	211	<title>Downloading and Burning the Installation CDs</title>
384	<body>	212	<body>
385		213
386	<p>
387	You have chosen to use a Gentoo LiveCD (if not, then you are reading the
388	wrong section). We'll first start by downloading and burning the chosen
389	LiveCD. We previously discussed the several available LiveCDs, but where can you
390	find them?
391	</p>	214	<p>
392		215	You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
		216	downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
		217	the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
393	<p>	218	</p>
394	Visit one of our <uri	219
395	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri> and go to
396	<path>releases/ppc/2004.1/livecd/universal</path>, which is
397	the path where the LiveCD(s) of your choice are located. Inside that
398	directory you'll find so-called ISO-files. Those are full CD images
399	which you can write on a CD-R.
400	</p>	220	<p>
401		221	You can download any of the Installation CDs from one of our <uri
		222	link="/main/en/mirrors.xml">mirrors</uri>. The Installation CDs are located in
		223	the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>current-iso/</path> directory.
402	<p>	224	</p>
		225
		226	<p>
		227	Inside that directory you'll find ISO files. Those are full CD images which you
		228	can write on a CD-R.
		229	</p>
		230
		231	<p>
403	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can	232	In case you wonder if your downloaded file is corrupted or not, you can check
404	check its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as	233	its MD5 checksum and compare it with the MD5 checksum we provide (such as
405	<path>install-ppc-minimal-2004.1.iso.md5</path>). You can check the MD5 checksum	234	<path><keyval id="min-cd-name"/>.DIGESTS</path>). You can check the MD5
406	with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri	235	checksum with the <c>md5sum</c> tool under Linux/Unix or <uri
407	link="http://www.md5summer.org">md5summer</uri> for Windows.	236	link="http://www.etree.org/md5com.html">md5sum</uri> for Windows.
408	</p>	237	</p>
409		238
410	<p>	239	<p>
411	Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to	240	Another way to check the validity of the downloaded file is to use GnuPG to
412	verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with	241	verify the cryptographic signature that we provide (the file ending with
413	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public key:	242	<path>.asc</path>). Download the signature file and obtain the public keys whose
		243	key ids can be found on the <uri link="/proj/en/releng/index.xml">release
		244	engineering project site</uri>.
414	</p>	245	</p>
415		246
416	<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">	247	<pre caption="Obtaining the public key">
417	$ <i>gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 19462D47</i>	248	<comment>(... Substitute the key ids with those mentioned on the release engineering site ...)</comment>
		249	$ <i>gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 96D8BF6D 2D182910 17072058</i>
418	</pre>	250	</pre>
419		251
420	<p>	252	<p>
421	Now verify the signature:	253	Now verify the signature:
422	</p>	254	</p>
423		255
424	<pre caption="Verify the cryptographic signature">	256	<pre caption="Verify the files">
425	$ <i>gpg --verify <signature file> <downloaded iso></i>	257	<comment>(Verify the cryptographic signature)</comment>
426	<comment>(If everything goes well, you should see something like this:)</comment>	258	$ <i>gpg --verify <downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc></i>
427	gpg: Signature made Mon Apr 19 18:54:40 2004 EDT using DSA key ID 19462D47	259	<comment>(Verify the checksum)</comment>
428	gpg: Good signature from "John Davis (Gentoo Linux Developer) <zhen@gentoo.org>"	260	$ <i>sha1sum -c <downloaded iso.DIGESTS.asc></i>
429	gpg: aka "Gentoo Linux Release Engineering <releng@gentoo.org>"
430	</pre>	261	</pre>
431		262
432	<p>	263	<p>
433	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you	264	To burn the downloaded ISO(s), you have to select raw-burning. How you
434	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss a couple of popular	265	do this is highly program-dependent. We will discuss <c>cdrecord</c> and
435	tools on how to do this.	266	<c>K3B</c> here; more information can be found in our <uri
		267	link="/doc/en/faq.xml#isoburning">Gentoo FAQ</uri>.
436	</p>	268	</p>
437		269
438	<ul>	270	<ul>
439	<li>	271	<li>
440	With EasyCD Creator you select <c>File</c>, <c>Record CD	272	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc <downloaded iso
441	from CD image</c>. Then you change the <c>Files of type</c> to <c>ISO image	273	file></c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device
442	file</c>. Then locate the ISO file and click <c>Open</c>. When you click on	274	path).
443	<c>Start recording</c> the ISO image will be burned correctly onto the CD-R.
444	</li>	275	</li>
445	<li>	276	<li>
446	With Nero Burning ROM, select <c>File</c>, <c>Burn CD image</c>. Set the
447	type of file to <c>.</c> and select the ISO file. Older versions of Nero
448	will tell you they don't recognize the format -- confirm here, it does
449	recognize it but doesn't know it yet :) In the next dialog, set the
450	following parameters:
451	<ul>
452	<li>Type of image: <c>Data Mode 1</c></li>
453	<li>Block size: <c>2048 bytes</c></li>
454	<li>File precursor and length of the image trailer: <c>0 bytes</c></li>
455	<li>Scrambled: <c>no</c></li>
456	<li>Swapped: <c>no</c></li>
457	</ul>
458	Now click on <c>OK</c> and then <c>Burn</c> (the CD-R)
459	</li>
460	<li>
461	With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc</c> (replace
462	<path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path) followed
463	by the path to the ISO file :)
464	</li>
465	<li>
466	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>CD</c> > <c>Burn Image</c>. Then	277	With K3B, select <c>Tools</c> > <c>Burn CD Image</c>. Then you can locate
467	you can locate your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click	278	your ISO file within the 'Image to Burn' area. Finally click <c>Start</c>.
468	<c>Start</c>.
469	</li>
470	<li>
471	With Mac OS X Panther, launch <c>Disk Utility</c> from
472	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Open</c> from the
473	<c>Images</c> menu, select the mounted disk image in the main window and
474	select <c>Burn</c> in the <c>Images</c> menu.
475	</li>
476	<li>
477	With Mac OS X Jaguar, launch <c>Disk Copy</c> from
478	<path>Applications/Utilities</path>, select <c>Burn Image</c> from the
479	<c>File</c> menu, select the ISO and click the <c>Burn</c> button.
480	</li>	279	</li>
481	</ul>	280	</ul>
482		281
483	</body>	282	</body>
484	</subsection>	283	</subsection>
485	</section>
486	<section>	284	<subsection>
487	<title>Booting the PPC LiveCD(s)</title>	285	<title>Default: Booting the Installation CD with Yaboot</title>
488	<subsection>
489	<title>Default: Apple/IBM</title>
490	<body>	286	<body>
491		287
492	<p>
493	Place the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and reboot the system. Hold down the 'C' key at
494	bootup (or run an OldWorld bootloader like BootX or quik). You will be greeted
495	by a friendly welcome message and a <e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the
496	screen.
497	</p>	288	<p>
498		289	On NewWorld machines place the Installation CD in the CD-ROM and reboot the
		290	system. When the system-start-bell sounds, simply hold down the 'C' until the
		291	CD loads.
499	<p>	292	</p>
500	At this prompt you are able to select a kernel for the subarchitecture you use.	293
501	We provide <c>G3</c>, <c>G3-SMP</c>, <c>G4</c>, <c>G4-SMP</c>, <c>G5</c>,
502	<c>G5-SMP</c> and <c>G</c>. The various <c>-SMP</c> kernels are needed if your
503	system has multiple CPUs.
504	</p>	294	<p>
505		295	After the Installation CD loaded, you will be greeted by a friendly welcome
		296	message and a <e>boot:</e> prompt at the bottom of the screen.
506	<p>	297	</p>
		298
		299	<p>
		300	We provide one generic kernel, <e>ppc32</e>. This kernel is built with support
		301	for multiple CPUs, but it will boot on single processor machines as well.
		302	</p>
		303
		304	<p>
507	You are also able to tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following	305	You can tweak some kernel options at this prompt. The following table lists
508	table lists the available boot options you can add:	306	some of the available boot options you can add:
509	</p>	307	</p>
510		308
511	<table>	309	<table>
512	<tr>	310	<tr>
513	<th>Boot Option</th>	311	<th>Boot Option</th>
…		…
515	</tr>	313	</tr>
516	<tr>	314	<tr>
517	<ti><c>video</c></ti>	315	<ti><c>video</c></ti>
518	<ti>	316	<ti>
519	This option takes one of the following vendor-specific tags:	317	This option takes one of the following vendor-specific tags:
520	<c>radeonfb</c>, <c>rivafb</c>, <c>atyfb</c>, <c>aty128</c> or	318	<c>nvidiafb</c>, <c>radeonfb</c>, <c>rivafb</c>, <c>atyfb</c>,
521	<c>ofonly</c>. You can follow this tag with the resolution and refreshrate	319	<c>aty128</c> or <c>ofonly</c>. You can follow this tag with the resolution
522	you want to use. For instance <c>video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75</c>. If you are	320	refresh rate and color depth you want to use. For instance,
523	uncertain what to choose, <c>ofonly</c> will most certainly work.	321	<c>video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75-32</c> will select the ATI Radeon frame buffer
		322	at a resolution of 1280x1024 with a refresh rate of 75Hz and a color depth of
		323	32 bits. If you are uncertain what to choose, and the default doesn't work,
		324	<c>video=ofonly</c> will most certainly work.
524	</ti>	325	</ti>
525	</tr>	326	</tr>
526	<tr>	327	<tr>
527	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>	328	<ti><c>nol3</c></ti>
528	<ti>	329	<ti>
529	Disables level 3 cache on some powerbooks (needed for at least the 17'')	330	Disables level 3 cache on some PowerBooks (needed for at least the 17")
530	</ti>
531	</tr>
532	<tr>
533	<ti><c>debug</c></ti>
534	<ti>	331	</ti>
535	Enables verbose booting, spawns an initrd shell that can be used to debug	332	</tr>
536	the LiveCD	333	<tr>
		334	<ti><c>dofirewire</c></ti>
537	</ti>	335	<ti>
538	</tr>	336	Enables support for IEEE1394 (FireWire) devices, like external harddisks.
539	<tr>
540	<ti><c>sleep=X</c></ti>
541	<ti>	337	</ti>
542	Wait X seconds before continuing; this can be needed by some very old SCSI	338	</tr>
543	CD-ROMs which don't speed up the CD quick enough	339	<tr>
		340	<ti><c>dopcmcia</c></ti>
544	</ti>	341	<ti>
545	</tr>	342	If you want to use PCMCIA devices during your installation (like PCMCIA
546	<tr>	343	network cards) you have to enable this option.
547	<ti><c>bootfrom=X</c></ti>
548	<ti>	344	</ti>
549	Boot from a different device	345	</tr>
		346	<tr>
		347	<ti><c>dosshd</c></ti>
		348	<ti>Starts <c>sshd</c>. Useful for unattended installs.</ti>
		349	</tr>
		350	<tr>
		351	<ti><c>passwd=foo</c></ti>
		352	<ti>
		353	Sets whatever is after the = as the root password. Use with <c>dosshd</c>
		354	for remote installs.
550	</ti>	355	</ti>
551	</tr>	356	</tr>
552	</table>	357	</table>
553		358
554	<p>	359	<p>
555	At this prompt, hit enter, and a complete Gentoo Linux environment will be	360	To use the above options, at the <e>boot:</e> prompt, type <e>ppc32</e> followed
556	loaded from the CD. Continue with <uri link="#booted">And When You're	361	by the desired option. In the example below, we'll force the kernel to use the
557	Booted...</uri>.	362	Open Firmware framebuffer instead of the device specific driver.
		363	</p>
		364
		365	<pre caption="Force the use of the Open Firmware framebuffer">
		366	boot: <i>ppc32 video=ofonly</i>
		367	</pre>
		368
558	</p>	369	<p>
		370	If you don't need to add any options, just type ppc32 at this prompt, and a
		371	complete Gentoo Linux environment will be loaded from the CD. Continue with
		372	<uri link="#booted">And When You're Booted...</uri>.
		373	</p>
559		374
560	</body>	375	</body>
561	</subsection>
562	<subsection>	376	</subsection>
563	<title>Alternative: Pegasos</title>	377	<subsection>
		378	<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD on a Pegasos</title>
564	<body>	379	<body>
565		380
566	<p>	381	<p>
567	On the Pegasos simply insert the CD and at the SmartFirmware boot-prompt type	382	On the Pegasos simply insert the CD and at the SmartFirmware boot-prompt type
568	<c>boot cd /boot/pegasos root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc looptype=gcloop	383	<c>boot cd /boot/menu</c>. This will open a small bootmenu where you can choose
569	cdroot</c>. If you need any special boot options you can append them to the	384	between several preconfigured video configs. If you need any special boot
570	command-line. For instance <c>boot cd /boot/pegasos root=/dev/ram0	385	options you can append them to the command-line just like with Yaboot above.
571	init=/linuxrc looptype=gcloop cdroot video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75 mem=256M</c>.	386	For example: <c>boot cd /boot/pegasos video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75 mem=256M</c>.
		387	The default kernel options (in case something goes wrong and you need it) are
		388	preconfigured with <c>console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty0 init=/linuxrc
		389	looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot root=/dev/ram0</c>.
572	</p>	390	</p>
573		391
574	</body>	392	</body>
		393	</subsection>
		394
575	</subsection>	395	<subsection>
		396	<title>Alternative: Booting the Installation CD with BootX</title>
		397	<body>
		398
		399	<p>
		400	If you have an OldWorld Mac the bootable portion of the livecd can't be used.
		401	The most simple solution is to use MacOS 9 or earlier to bootstrap into a Linux
		402	environment with a tool called BootX.
		403	</p>
		404
		405	<p>
		406	First, download <uri link="http://penguinppc.org/bootloaders/bootx/">BootX</uri>
		407	and unpack the archive. Copy the the <c>BootX Extension</c> from the unpacked
		408	archive into <c>Extensions Folder</c> and the BootX App Control Panel into
		409	<c>Control Panels</c>, both of which are located in your MacOS System Folder.
		410	Next, create a folder called "Linux Kernels" in your System folder and copy the
		411	<c>ppc32</c> kernel from the CD to this folder. Finally, copy <c>ppc32.igz</c>
		412	from the Installation CD <path>boot</path> folder into the MacOS
		413	<c>System Folder</c>.
		414	</p>
		415
		416	<p>
		417	To prepare BootX, start the BootX App Control Panel. First select the Options
		418	dialog and check <c>Use Specified RAM Disk</c> and select <c>ppc32.igz</c> from
		419	your System Folder. Continue back to the initial screen and ensure that the
		420	ramdisk size is at least <c>32000</c>. Finally, set the kernel arguments as
		421	shown below:
		422	</p>
		423
		424	<pre caption="BootX kernel arguments">
		425	cdroot root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc loop=image.squashfs looptype=squashfs console=tty0
		426	</pre>
		427
		428	<note>
		429	The kernel parameters in the yaboot section above are also applicable here. You
		430	can append any of those options to the kernel arguments above.
		431	</note>
		432
		433	<p>
		434	Check once more to make sure the settings are correct and then save the
		435	configuration. This saves typing just in case it doesn't boot or something is
		436	missing. Press the Linux button at the top of the window. If everything goes
		437	correctly, it should boot into the Installation CD. Continue with
		438	<uri link="#booted">And When You're Booted...</uri>
		439	</p>
		440
		441	</body>
		442	</subsection>
		443
576	<subsection id="booted">	444	<subsection id="booted">
577	<title>And When You're Booted...</title>	445	<title>And When You're Booted...</title>
578	<body>	446	<body>
579		447
580	<p>	448	<p>
581	You will be greeted by a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You can also	449	You will be greeted by a root ("#") prompt on the current console. You can also
582	switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-fn-F2, Alt-fn-F3 and Alt-fn-F4. Get	450	switch to other consoles by pressing Alt-F2, Alt-F3 and Alt-F4. Get
583	back to the one you started on by pressing Alt-fn-F1.	451	back to the one you started on by pressing Alt-F1. Due to the keyboard layout,
		452	you may need to press Alt-fn-Fx on Apple machines.
584	</p>	453	</p>
585		454
586	<p>	455	<p>
587	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use	456	If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, use
588	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available	457	<c>loadkeys</c> to load the keymap for your keyboard. To list the available
589	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>.	458	keymaps, execute <c>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</c>.
590	</p>	459	</p>
591		460
592	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">	461	<pre caption="Listing available keymaps">
593	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems. The mac/ppc keymaps provided	462	<comment>(PPC uses x86 keymaps on most systems.)</comment>
594	on the LiveCD are ADB keymaps and unusable with the LiveCD kernel)</comment>
595	# <i>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</i>	463	# <i>ls /usr/share/keymaps/i386</i>
596	</pre>	464	</pre>
597		465
598	<p>	466	<p>
599	Now load the keymap of your choice:	467	Now load the keymap of your choice:
…		…
607	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.	475	Now continue with <uri link="#hardware">Extra Hardware Configuration</uri>.
608	</p>	476	</p>
609		477
610	</body>	478	</body>
611	</subsection>	479	</subsection>
612	<subsection id="hardware">
613	<title>Extra Hardware Configuration</title>
614	<body>
615		480
616	<p>
617	When the Live CD boots, it tries to detect all your hardware devices and
618	loads the appropriate kernel modules to support your hardware. In the
619	vast majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases (the
620	SPARC LiveCDs don't even do autodetection), it may not auto-load the kernel
621	modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's
622	hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually.
623	</p>
624
625	<p>
626	In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for
627	certain kinds of network interfaces):
628	</p>
629
630	<pre caption="Loading kernel modules">
631	# <i>modprobe 8139too</i>
632	</pre>
633
634	</body>
635	</subsection>	481	<subsection>
		482	<include href="hb-install-bootconfig.xml"/>
636	<subsection>	483	</subsection>
637	<title>Optional: Tweaking Hard Disk Performance</title>
638	<body>
639		484
640	<p>
641	If you are an advanced user, you might want to tweak the IDE hard disk
642	performance using <c>hdparm</c>. With the <c>-tT</c> options you can
643	test the performance of your disk (execute it several times to get a
644	more precise impression):
645	</p>
646
647	<pre caption="Testing disk performance">
648	# <i>hdparm -tT /dev/hda</i>
649	</pre>
650
651	<p>
652	To tweak, you can use any of the following examples (or experiment
653	yourself) which use <path>/dev/hda</path> as disk (substitute with your
654	disk):
655	</p>
656
657	<pre caption="Tweaking hard disk performance">
658	<comment>Activate DMA:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda</i>
659	<comment>Activate DMA + Safe Performance-enhancing Options:</comment> # <i>hdparm -d 1 -A 1 -m 16 -u 1 -a 64 /dev/hda</i>
660	</pre>
661
662	</body>
663	</subsection>
664	<subsection>
665	<title>Optional: User Accounts</title>
666	<body>
667
668	<p>
669	If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
670	environment or you want to chat using <c>irssi</c> without root privileges (for
671	security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change
672	the root password.
673	</p>
674
675	<p>
676	To change the root password, use the <c>passwd</c> utility:
677	</p>
678
679	<pre caption="Changing the root password">
680	# <i>passwd</i>
681	New password: <comment>(Enter your new password)</comment>
682	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter your password)</comment>
683	</pre>
684
685	<p>
686	To create a user account, we first enter their credentials, followed by
687	its password. We use <c>useradd</c> and <c>passwd</c> for these tasks.
688	In the next example, we create a user called "john".
689	</p>
690
691	<pre caption="Creating a user account">
692	# <i>useradd john</i>
693	# <i>passwd john</i>
694	New password: <comment>(Enter john's password)</comment>
695	Re-enter password: <comment>(Re-enter john's password)</comment>
696	</pre>
697
698	<p>
699	You can change your user id from root to the newly created user by using
700	<c>su</c>:
701	</p>
702
703	<pre caption="Changing user id">
704	# <i>su john -</i>
705	</pre>
706
707	</body>
708	</subsection>
709	<subsection>
710	<title>Optional: Starting the SSH Daemon</title>
711	<body>
712
713	<p>
714	If you want to allow other users to access your computer during the
715	Gentoo installation (perhaps because those users are going to help you
716	install Gentoo, or even do it for you), you need to create a user
717	account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password
718	(<e>only</e> do that <e>if</e> you <b>fully trust</b> that user).
719	</p>
720
721	<p>
722	To fire up the SSH daemon, execute the following command:
723	</p>
724
725	<pre caption="Starting the SSH daemon">
726	# <i>/etc/init.d/sshd start</i>
727	</pre>
728
729	<p>
730	To be able to use sshd, you first need to setup your networking. Continue with
731	the chapter on <uri link="?part=1&chap=3">Configuring your Network</uri>.
732	</p>
733
734	</body>
735	</subsection>
736	</section>	485	</section>
737	</sections>	486	</sections>

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