gentoo install from harddisk

dig from gentoo install guide
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml

grub load untared minimal live cd

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1. for windows system (fat32): install grub for dos
cp grld to C:\
add "c:\grldr="grub"" to the last of boot.ini file

2. configure menu.lst
need to uncompress *.sqashfs folder to partition
uncompress isolinux folder
set it to :

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/gentoo/gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc dokeymap
looptype=squashfs loop=/image.squashfs cdroot vga=791
splash=silent,theme:livecd-2007.0 CONSOLE=/dev/tty1 nox
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/gentoo/gentoo.igz

c:\boot.ini
c:\grldr
c:\menu.lst
c:\boot\gentoo\gentoo
c:\boot\gentoo\gentoo.igz
x:\livecd
x:\image.squashfs

if it is grub for linux , just need to set menu.lst file correctly.

(The following specs and the timing information should help you determine
  a rough estimate of the time you need to complete your install)

# grep bogo /proc/cpuinfo
bogomips       : 3337.81

# hdparm -tT /dev/sda
 /dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   1100 MB in  2.00 seconds = 549.97 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads:  224 MB in  3.01 seconds =  74.36 MB/sec

# grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo
 MemTotal:       509248 kB

livecd root # ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.10/24
livecd root # route add default gw 192.168.1.1
   livecd root # echo nameserver 192.168.1.1 > /etc/resolv.conf



(ext2 is all you need on the /boot partition)
 livecd ~ # mke2fs /dev/sda1

(Let's use ext3 on the main partition)
livecd ~ # mke2fs -j /dev/sda3

(Create and activate swap)
 livecd ~ # mkswap /dev/sda2 && swapon /dev/sda2



livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
livecd ~ # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
 livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
livecd ~ # cd /mnt/gentoo

Howto make partition changes visible to the kernel without reboot

(very important if you cannot reboot your system but changed partition during installation )

Install parted in debian

#apt-get install parted

Now this will install partprobe and parted.Partprobe inform the OS of partition table changes. partprobe is a program that informs the operating system kernel of partition table changes, by requesting that the operating system re-read the
partition table.

Syntax

partprobe [-d] [-s] [devices...]

-d Donât update the kernel.
-s Show a summary of devices and their partitions.
-h Show summary of options.
-v Show version of program.

Using partprobe

#partprobe

(Check the clock)
livecd gentoo # date
Mon Mar  6 00:14:13 UTC 2006

(Set the current date and time if required)
 livecd gentoo # date 030600162006 (Format is MMDDhhmmYYYY)
Mon Mar  6 00:16:00 UTC 2006

livecd gentoo # links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
  (Pick a mirror, move to the releases/x86/2008.0/stages/ directory, highlight the
stage3 of your choice, probably the i686 stage3 and press D to download it)

(Or download it directly with wget without choosing a nearby mirror)
  livecd gentoo # wget ftp://gentoo.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo/releases/x86/2008.0/stages/stage3-i686*tar.bz2

livecd gentoo # time tar xjpf stage3*

real  1m14.157s
user  1m2.920s
sys   0m7.530s

livecd gentoo # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr
 livecd usr # links http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml
(Pick a mirror, move to the snapshots/ directory,
 highlight portage-latest.tar.bz2 and press D to download it)

(Or download it directly with wget without choosing a nearby mirror)
livecd gentoo # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr
  livecd usr # wget http://gentoo.osuosl.org/snapshots/portage-latest.tar.bz2

livecd usr # time tar xjf portage-lat*
  
real  0m40.523s
user  0m28.280s
sys   0m8.240s

livecd usr # cd /
livecd / # mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
livecd / # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
  livecd / # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
livecd / # env-update && source /etc/profile
>>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...


livecd / # ls /usr/share/zoneinfo
  (Using Brussels as an example)
livecd / # cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Brussels /etc/localtime

livecd / # date
 Wed Mar  8 00:46:05 CET 2006

livecd / # cd /etc
livecd etc # echo "127.0.0.1 mybox.at.myplace mybox localhost" > hosts
 livecd etc # sed -i -e 's/HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME="mybox"/' conf.d/hostname
(Use defined host name and check)
livecd etc # hostname mybox
 livecd etc # hostname -f
mybox.at.myplace



livecd etc # time emerge gentoo-sources

real  2m51.435s
user  0m58.220s
sys   0m29.890s
 livecd etc # cd /usr/src/linux
livecd linux # make menuconfig
(Configure your kernel)
livecd linux # time make -j2
 
(Elapsed time depends highly on the options you selected)
real  3m51.962s   (so fast ........ impossible .... -_-! )
user  3m27.060s
sys   0m24.310s





livecd linux # make modules_install
  livecd linux # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel


livecd linux # cd /etc
livecd etc # nano -w fstab
/dev/sda1   /boot     ext2    noauto,noatime     1 2
  /dev/sda3   /         ext3    noatime            0 1
/dev/sda2   none      swap    sw                 0 0



livecd etc # cd conf.d
 livecd conf.d # echo 'config_eth0=( "192.168.1.10/24" )' >> net
livecd conf.d # echo 'routes_eth0=( "default via 192.168.1.1" )' >> net
  livecd conf.d # rc-update add net.eth0 default
(If you compiled your network card driver as a module,
add it to /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6)
 livecd conf.d # echo r8169 >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
(If you want to reconnect via ssh after you have rebooted your new box)
livecd conf.d # rc-update add sshd default
  



livecd conf.d # passwd
New UNIX password: type_the_password
Retype new UNIX password: type_the_password_again
 passwd: password updated successfully



livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/clock
TIMEZONE="Europe/Brussels"


livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/rc.conf
 livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/rc
livecd conf.d # nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps





livecd conf.d # time emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron

 real  1m54.099s
user  1m2.630s
sys   0m34.620s
livecd conf.d # rc-update add syslog-ng default
livecd conf.d # rc-update add vixie-cron default
 

livecd conf.d # emerge xfsprogs       (If you use the XFS file system)
livecd conf.d # emerge jfsutils       (If you use the JFS file system)
 livecd conf.d # emerge reiserfsprogs  (If you use the Reiser file system)
livecd conf.d # emerge dhcpcd         (If you need a DHCP client)
 livecd conf.d # emerge ppp            (If you need PPPoE ADSL connectivity)

livecd conf.d # time emerge grub

 real  1m4.634s
user  0m39.460s
sys   0m15.280s
livecd conf.d # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf


default 0
timeout 10

title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda3
 


livecd conf.d # grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd
 
grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
 Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs__5" exists... yes
  Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...  16 sectors are embedded.
 succeeded
 Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/
 grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
 Done.

grub> quit


livecd conf.d # exit
 livecd / # umount /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo
 livecd / # reboot
 (Don't forget to remove the CD)
 


(Clean up your known_hosts file because your new box
 has generated a new definitive hostkey)
 $ nano -w ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 (Look for the IP of your new PC and delete the line,
 then save the file and exit nano)
 
(Use the IP address of your new box)
$ ssh root@192.168.1.10
 The authenticity of host '192.168.1.10 (192.168.1.10)' can't be established.
 RSA key fingerprint is 96:e7:2d:12:ac:9c:b0:94:90:9f:40:89:b0:45:26:8f.
 Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
 Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.10' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
 Password: type_the_password

mybox ~ # adduser -g users -G lp,wheel,audio,cdrom,portage,cron -m john
 mybox ~ # passwd john
 New UNIX password: Set John's password
Retype new UNIX password: Type John's password again
 passwd: password updated successfully
 
mybox ~ # emerge mirrorselect
 mybox ~ # mirrorselect -i -o >> /etc/make.conf
 mybox ~ # mirrorselect -i -r -o >> /etc/make.conf
 (Usually, (the number of processors + 1) is a good value)
 mybox ~ # echo 'MAKEOPTS="-j2"' >> /etc/make.conf
 

mybox ~ # emerge -vpe world
 (Portage displays the packages and their USE flags, as an example, let's
 disable ipv6 and fortran, and enable unicode)
 mybox ~ # echo 'USE="nptl nptlonly -ipv6 -fortran unicode"' >> /etc/make.conf
 
mybox ~ # cd /etc
 mybox etc # nano -w locale.gen
 mybox etc # locale-gen
 
mybox etc # nano -w make.conf
 (Set -march to your CPU type in CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -pipe"
 (Add the following line)
FEATURES="ccache"
 (Only add the following if you know what you're doing)
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"

(Install ccache)
 mybox etc # emerge ccache
 
(Please note that the switch to ~x86 causes many packages to be upgraded)
 mybox etc # emerge -vpuD --newuse world
 (Take a good look at the package list and their USE flags,
 remove blocking packages if any, and start the lengthy process)
 mybox etc # time emerge -vuD --newuse world
 (79 packages have been (re)compiled)
 
real  180m13.276s
user  121m22.905s
 sys   36m31.472s
 

(Remerge libtool to avoid further potential problems)
 


mybox etc # emerge --oneshot libtool
 
(Update config files, make sure you do not let dispatch-conf
 update config files you have edited)
 mybox etc # dispatch-conf
 
(If perl has been updated, you should run the perl-cleaner script)
 mybox etc # time perl-cleaner all
 real  1m6.495s
user  0m42.699s
 sys   0m10.641s
 


(In case of a major upgrade of python, you should run the python-updater script)
 mybox etc # python-updater