# Josh's Gentoo Install Guide # Last Updated 2010-07-15; last run July 2010 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] date MMDDhhmmYYYY 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 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/i386/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/hosts # add hostname after localhost vim /etc/rc.conf vim /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 vim /etc/conf.d/clock [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 # omit -m if you have a homedir already passwd passwd john vim /etc/group exit cd /; umount /mnt/gentoo{/proc,/boot,} reboot