neysx 08/04/01 17:21:03 Modified: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml Log: Use <dl> for all kernel options and various formatting edits. The only actual content change is the tiny extra bit about EM64T in the table
Revision Changes Path 1.11 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml?rev=1.11&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml?rev=1.11&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11 Index: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v retrieving revision 1.10 retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11 --- hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml 1 Apr 2008 08:53:46 -0000 1.10 +++ hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml 1 Apr 2008 17:21:03 -0000 1.11 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v 1.10 2008/04/01 08:53:46 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v 1.11 2008/04/01 17:21:03 neysx Exp $ --> <sections> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Installer LiveCD is possible as well. </abstract> -<version>6.0</version> +<version>6.1</version> <date>2008-04-01</date> <section> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ <p> Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to -successfully install Gentoo on your box. +successfully install Gentoo on your box. </p> </body> @@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ </tr> <tr> <th>CPU</th> - <ti colspan="2">Any AMD64 CPU or EM64T CPU</ti> + <ti colspan="2"> + Any AMD64 CPU or <uri + link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMT64#Intel_64";>EM64T CPU</uri> (Core 2 + Duo & Quad processors are EM64T) + </ti> </tr> <tr> <th>Memory</th> @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. We currently provide two Installation CDs which are equally suitable to install Gentoo from, as long -as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the +as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the latest version of the available packages. </p> @@ -132,8 +136,8 @@ <ul> <li> - The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable - CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and + The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable + CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and continue with the Gentoo installation. </li> <li> @@ -247,9 +251,9 @@ <body> <p> -You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by -downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed -the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them? +You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by +downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed +the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them? </p> <p> @@ -298,8 +302,8 @@ <ul> <li> - With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc <downloaded iso - file></c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's + With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc <downloaded iso + file></c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's device path). </li> <li> @@ -316,10 +320,10 @@ <p> Once you have burnt your installation CD, it is time to boot it. -Remove all CDs from your CD drives, reboot your system and enter the BIOS. -This is usually done by hitting DEL, F1 or ESC, depending on your BIOS. Inside -the BIOS, change the boot order so that the CD-ROM is tried before the hard -disk. This is often found under "CMOS Setup". If you don't do this, your system +Remove all CDs from your CD drives, reboot your system and enter the BIOS. +This is usually done by hitting DEL, F1 or ESC, depending on your BIOS. Inside +the BIOS, change the boot order so that the CD-ROM is tried before the hard +disk. This is often found under "CMOS Setup". If you don't do this, your system will just reboot from the hard disk, ignoring the CD-ROM. </p> @@ -331,7 +335,7 @@ </p> <p> -Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on our Installation CDs. +Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on our Installation CDs. The default one is <c>gentoo</c>. Other kernels are for specific hardware needs and the <c>-nofb</c> variants which disable framebuffer. </p> @@ -387,142 +391,214 @@ <p> You can also provide kernel options. They represent optional settings you can -(de)activate at will. The following list is the same as the one you receive -when you press F2 at the bootscreen. +(de)activate at will. The following options are available when you press F2 at +the bootscreen. </p> -<pre caption="Options available to pass to your kernel of choice"> -<comment>Hardware options:</comment> - -acpi=on This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to - be started by the CD on boot. This is only needed if your - system requires ACPI to function properly. This is not - required for Hyperthreading support. - -acpi=off Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems - and is also a requirement for using APM. This will disable any - Hyperthreading support of your processor. - -console=X This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first - option is the device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any - connection options, which are comma separated. The default - options are 9600,8,n,1. - -dmraid=X This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID - subsystem. Options should be encapsulated in quotes. -doapm This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use - acpi=off. - -dopcmcia This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also - causes the pcmcia cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot. - This is only required when booting from PCMCIA/Cardbus devices. - -doscsi This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a - requirement for booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI - subsystem of the kernel. - -hda=stroke This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your - BIOS is unable to handle large disks. This option is only used - on machines with an older BIOS. Replace hda with the device - that is requiring this option. - -ide=nodma This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required - by some IDE chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your - system is having trouble reading from your IDE CDROM, try this - option. This also disables the default hdparm settings from - being executed. - -noapic This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller - that is present on newer motherboards. It has been known to - cause some problems on older hardware. - -nodetect This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD, - including device autodetection and DHCP probing. This is - useful for doing debugging of a failing CD or driver. - -nodhcp This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is - useful on networks with only static addresses. - -nodmraid Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for - on-board IDE/SATA RAID controllers. - -nofirewire This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should - only be necessary if your Firewire hardware is causing - a problem with booting the CD. - -nogpm This diables gpm console mouse support. - -nohotplug This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init - scripts at boot. This is useful for doing debugging of a - failing CD or driver. - -nokeymap This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US - keyboard layouts. - -nolapic This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels. - -nosata This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is used - if your system is having problems with the SATA subsystem. - -nosmp This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled - kernels. This is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with - certain drivers and motherboards. - -nosound This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful - for systems where sound support causes problems. - -nousb This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful - for debugging USB issues. - -slowusb This adds some extra pauses into the boot process for slow - USB CDROMs, like in the IBM BladeCenter. - -<comment>Volume/Device Management:</comment> - -doevms This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise - Volume Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm. - -dolvm This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management. - This is not safe to use with evms. - -<comment>Other options:</comment> - -debug Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays - a lot of data to the screen. - -docache This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM, - which allows you to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM. - This option requires that you have at least twice as much - available RAM as the size of the CD. - -doload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as - well as dependencies. Replace X with the module name. - - Multiple modules can be specified by a comma-separated list. - -dosshd Starts sshd on boot, which is useful for unattended installs. - -passwd=foo Sets whatever follows the equals as the root password, which - is required for dosshd since we scramble the root password. - -noload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a - specific module that may be causing a problem. Syntax matches - that of doload. - -nonfs Disables the starting of portmap/nfsmount on boot. - -nox This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X, - but rather, to drop to the command line instead. - -scandelay This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain - portions the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to - initialize to be ready for use. +<p> +<brite>Hardware options:</brite> +</p> -scandelay=X This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be - added to certain portions of the boot process to allow for - devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use. - Replace X with the number of seconds to pause. -</pre> +<dl> +<dt>acpi=on</dt> +<dd> + This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to be started by + the CD on boot. This is only needed if your system requires ACPI to function + properly. This is not required for Hyperthreading support. +</dd> +<dt>acpi=off</dt> +<dd> + Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems and is also a + requirement for using APM. This will disable any Hyperthreading support of + your processor. +</dd> +<dt>console=X</dt> +<dd> + This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first option is the + device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any connection options, which are + comma separated. The default options are 9600,8,n,1. +</dd> +<dt>dmraid=X</dt> +<dd> + This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID subsystem. Options + should be encapsulated in quotes. +</dd> +<dt>doapm</dt> +<dd> + This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use acpi=off. +</dd> +<dt>dopcmcia</dt> +<dd> + This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also causes the pcmcia + cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot. This is only required when booting + from PCMCIA/Cardbus devices. +</dd> +<dt>doscsi</dt> +<dd> + This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a requirement for + booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI subsystem of the kernel. +</dd> +<dt>hda=stroke</dt> +<dd> + This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your BIOS is unable + to handle large disks. This option is only used on machines with an older BIOS. + Replace hda with the device that is requiring this option. +</dd> +<dt>ide=nodma</dt> +<dd> + This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required by some IDE + chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your system is having trouble + reading from your IDE CDROM, try this option. This also disables the default + hdparm settings from being executed. +</dd> +<dt>noapic</dt> +<dd> + This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller that is present + on newer motherboards. It has been known to cause some problems on older + hardware. +</dd> +<dt>nodetect</dt> +<dd> + This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD, including device + autodetection and DHCP probing. This is useful for doing debugging of a + failing CD or driver. +</dd> +<dt>nodhcp</dt> +<dd> + This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is useful on + networks with only static addresses. +</dd> +<dt>nodmraid</dt> +<dd> + Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for on-board + IDE/SATA RAID controllers. +</dd> +<dt>nofirewire</dt> +<dd> + This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should only be necessary + if your Firewire hardware is causing a problem with booting the CD. +</dd> +<dt>nogpm</dt> +<dd> + This diables gpm console mouse support. +</dd> +<dt>nohotplug</dt> +<dd> + This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init scripts at boot. + This is useful for doing debugging of a failing CD or driver. +</dd> +<dt>nokeymap</dt> +<dd> + This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US keyboard layouts. +</dd> +<dt>nolapic</dt> +<dd> + This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels. +</dd> +<dt>nosata</dt> +<dd> + This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is used if your system + is having problems with the SATA subsystem. +</dd> +<dt>nosmp</dt> +<dd> + This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled kernels. This + is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with certain drivers and + motherboards. +</dd> +<dt>nosound</dt> +<dd> + This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful for systems + where sound support causes problems. +</dd> +<dt>nousb</dt> +<dd> + This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful for debugging + USB issues. +</dd> +<dt>slowusb</dt> +<dd> + This adds some extra pauses into the boot process for slow USB CDROMs, like + in the IBM BladeCenter. +</dd> +</dl> + +<p> +<brite>Volume/Device Management:</brite> +</p> + +<dl> +<dt>doevms</dt> +<dd> + This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise Volume + Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm. +</dd> +<dt>dolvm</dt> +<dd> + This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management. This is not safe + to use with evms. +</dd> +</dl> + +<p> +<brite>Other options:</brite> +</p> + +<dl> +<dt>debug</dt> +<dd> + Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays a lot of data to + the screen. +</dd> +<dt>docache</dt> +<dd> + This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM, which allows you + to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM. This option requires that you + have + at least twice as much available RAM as the size of the CD. +</dd> +<dt>doload=X</dt> +<dd> + This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as well as + dependencies. Replace X with the module name. +<br/> + Multiple modules can be specified by a comma-separated list. +</dd> +<dt>dosshd</dt> +<dd> + Starts sshd on boot, which is useful for unattended installs. +</dd> +<dt>passwd=foo</dt> +<dd> + Sets whatever follows the equals as the root password, which is required for + dosshd since we scramble the root password. +</dd> +<dt>noload=X</dt> +<dd> + This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a specific module that + may be causing a problem. Syntax matches that of doload. +</dd> +<dt>nonfs</dt> +<dd> + Disables the starting of portmap/nfsmount on boot. +</dd> +<dt>nox</dt> +<dd> + This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X, but rather, to + drop to the command line instead. +</dd> +<dt>scandelay</dt> +<dd> + This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain portions the boot + process to allow for devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use. +</dd> +<dt>scandelay=X</dt> +<dd> + This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be added to certain + portions of the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to initialize + to be ready for use. Replace X with the number of seconds to pause. +</dd> +</dl> <note> The CD will check for "no*" options before "do*" options, so that you can @@ -568,11 +644,11 @@ majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases it may not auto-load the kernel modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of your system's hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules -manually. +manually. </p> <p> -In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for +In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for certain kinds of network interfaces): </p> @@ -620,7 +696,7 @@ <p> If you plan on giving other people access to your installation environment or you want to chat using <c>irssi</c> without root privileges (for -security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change +security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change the root password. </p> @@ -704,7 +780,7 @@ If you want to allow other users to access your computer during the Gentoo installation (perhaps because those users are going to help you install Gentoo, or even do it for you), you need to create a user -account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password +account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password (<e>only</e> do that <e>if</e> you <b>fully trust</b> that user). </p> -- [email protected] mailing list
