# Josh's Gentoo Install Guide
# Last Updated 2011-04-12; last run April 2011

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 -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
cd /; chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
emerge --sync
[emerge ufed; ufed]                     # optional
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Detroit /etc/localtime
emerge -av gentoo-sources syslog-ng vixie-cron grub [slocate] [dhcpcd] [vim]
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")
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
rc-update add syslog-ng default
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
passwd
passwd john
vim /etc/group
[emerge -auvDN world; etc-update]       # or update later
exit
cd /; umount /mnt/gentoo{/proc,/boot,}
reboot