# Josh's Gentoo Install Guide # Last Updated 2017-05-03; last run May 2017 network: [modprobe], [/etc/init.d/net.eth0 start] date MMDDhhmmYYYY [/etc/init.d/sshd start; passwd; screen] # ssh in, screen -xr to remote setup fdisk/parted, mkfs.ext4, mkswap, swapon mount root [,boot] [,home] cd /mnt/gentoo links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml; #get stage3*bz2 tar -xvjpf stage3-*.tar.bz2 --xattrs --numeric-owner vim /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf mkdir /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys # also for /dev cd /; chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash source /etc/profile emerge-webrsync [emerge --sync] eselect profile list; eselect profile set N [emerge --ask --update --newuse @world] echo "America/Detroit" > /etc/timezone emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data vim /etc/locale.gen # uncomment en_US* locale-gen eselect locale list; eselect locale set N env-update && source /etc/profile emerge -av gentoo-sources [genkernel] [genkernel all] # cd /usr/src/linux # make menuconfig # make && make modules_install # cp arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage .config /boot vim /etc/fstab vim /etc/conf.d/hostname vim /etc/conf.d/net # config_eth0="dhcp" cd /etc/init.d; ln -s net.lo net.eth0 vim /etc/hosts # add hostname after localhost vim /etc/rc.conf vim /etc/conf.d/hwclock emerge -av syslog-ng cronie grub [mlocate] [dhcpcd] [vim] 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.eno1 default rc-update add syslog-ng default rc-update add cronie default [rc-update add numlock default] [rc-update add sshd default] # if you want remote access grub-install /dev/sda grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg useradd john passwd passwd john vim /etc/group [emerge -auvDN world; etc-update] # or update later exit cd /; umount -R /mnt/gentoo reboot