On 04-Mar-2014 11:50 pm, "Guido Budack" <gla...@yandex.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > actually I am reading the handbook because I intend to change from debian to gentoo. > I am some sort of a 'purist'.. however... > I just ask myself while reading chapter 3 very carefully: > > isn't it necessary to modify any fstab after you installed partitions and file-systems resp. > mouting the same? > Since now I can't see anything comparable in the handbook. > > Secondly I intend to install from scratch- that means no network. > Will I get a root-prompt after the fist steps of installation? > The controverse discussions in the web are not really satisfying... > > > Greets > > Gee > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > mQENBFMSzBEBCADLPBwdQ2vDYBNvoH50Z0eUjRHUVhzKzpgRT2rlgJ+inrwsP8w1 > m6WzCgLFq7iljVp3FxEgTEV/K3Kh6I9Sk13tPx4bkhZ006R+We152eS+q7yiGwhJ > vwTecl1oAQ7ce+PGGng8TRw3evBO2kRs/qc5CuV7OfsBxwPU+OSjOaaBFp4O0F4b > CrWczQZEjShOvWePHXnLxqnY3y1o2JpjE+fnikXsbm9owTuMLyLy/b9ZfGBaRVa7 > gyy2N1GPKti68esU5gMfnoCVCKqF6C+0wc+dJV0dPzW1Ps2t1uffZ8OjG/3QZRq/ > oq0bO6+J30bCgYIh6XtgXxtcRb77Bjhw7VpxABEBAAG0H0d1aWRvIEJ1ZGFjayA8 > Z2xhaXZ5QGdtYWlsLmNvbT6JATgEEwECACIFAlMSzBECGw8GCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkK > CwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEIxjGe3OdnLOM7UH/i46VPSPIufgPuKq8bb9YlbhoE1H > ThaBREJyUeCRYrq1crdaO0Sr5FHoN7VTmC7XQm2W+zPOKTttx5dDD3ywshzphHlC > SJlN/s7lePf230zR3DePa7UYwvO1cW2lclZ7VDnkmb8317SPOECDJcn0l8A6eScT > FoYhzkeVwlroQFz7W9R56Z8HbNXBPqIOS93WVyCGNiTqFI9tvs44jiOIv4rIINrI > V7RG8gXDOjhfwDOhpSVReV8Xf7Eki/s2/wQV8z3XfOpPsbu2hrYeu1esRg1bCjRP > KFBpqQIlByg1ulBR6nZtM8qWPD7p5wYxloc/wLG4NjhXEuOWNERGPQa0DKg= > =r1R3 > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- >
There's no installer kind of thing for gentoo. You boot to a live cd or a running distro, download a stage 3 tar, extract. It acts as the base for your installation. You then configure this base in various aspects, and fstab of the base is edited at last before rebooting.
