From 86ed22d3d6f8f69fda0debbee8c30a1eaf8e2ffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Holtrop <jholtrop+git@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:56:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] April 2011 Gentoo installation updates

---
 gentoo-install.txt | 23 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gentoo-install.txt b/gentoo-install.txt
index b49129f..65d7d10 100644
--- a/gentoo-install.txt
+++ b/gentoo-install.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Josh's Gentoo Install Guide
-# Last Updated 2010-07-15; last run July 2010
+# Last Updated 2011-04-12; last run April 2011
 
-network: [modprobe], [pcmcia start], [net-setup]
-[/etc/init.d/sshd start; passwd; screen] # ssh in, screen -xr to remote setup
-fdisk, mkfs.ext2 for boot, mkfs.ext4 for root/home, mkswap, swapon
-mount root, boot, [home]
+network: [modprobe], [pcmcia start], [/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start]
 date MMDDhhmmYYYY
+[/etc/init.d/sshd start; passwd; screen] # ssh in, screen -xr to remote setup
+fdisk, mkfs.ext4, mkswap, swapon
+mount root [,boot] [,home]
 cd /mnt/gentoo
 links2 http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml; #get stage3*bz2
 tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2
 [cd /mnt/gentoo/usr]                    # speed up first rsync with
 [tar -xvjpf portage-*.tar.bz2]          # snapshot if slow connection
 nano /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf          # FEATURES="parallel-fetch"
-cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc
+cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc
 mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
 cd /; chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
 env-update
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ emerge -av gentoo-sources syslog-ng vixie-cron grub [slocate] [dhcpcd] [vim]
 cd /usr/src/linux
 make menuconfig
 make && make modules_install
-cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage .config /boot
+cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage .config /boot
 vim /etc/fstab
 vim /etc/conf.d/hostname
-vim /etc/conf.d/net                # config_eth0=("dhcp") \n dhcpcd_eth0="-N"
+vim /etc/conf.d/net                     # config_eth0=("dhcp")
 vim /etc/hosts                          # add hostname after localhost
 vim /etc/rc.conf
 vim /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
 vim /etc/conf.d/clock
+vim /etc/locale.gen                     # uncomment en_US*
+vim /etc/etc-update.conf                # remove those pesky -i's
 [cd /etc/init.d; ln -s net.lo net.eth1] # if you have a second NIC
 rc-update show -v
 rc-update add net.eth0 default          # [net.eth1] also for a second NIC
@@ -40,11 +42,12 @@ rc-update add vixie-cron default
 rc-update add numlock default           # unless you're on a laptop :)
 [rc-update add sshd default]            # if you want remote access
 vim /boot/grub/grub.conf
-grub                                    # (root (hd0,0) \n setup (hd0) \n quit)
-useradd -m -s /bin/bash john            # omit -m if you have a homedir already
+grub                                    # root (hd0,0) \n setup (hd0) \n quit
+useradd -m -s /bin/bash john
 passwd
 passwd john
 vim /etc/group
+[emerge -auvDN world; etc-update]       # or update later
 exit
 cd /; umount /mnt/gentoo{/proc,/boot,}
 reboot