On 2014-03-04, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's not 100% apparent how the install works from reading the handbook, > you have to do it to see how it works. Do note that all distro installer > work in this general way, Gentoo just lets you see more of the process. > In summary: > > You need a running OS to install an OS. You get this anywhere you choose > but the easiest is to boot from a removeable media (CD, USB, etc).
Booting the Gentoo minimal install "CD" (from CD/DVD or USB flash drive) is the canonical way to get to the point where you start following the steps in the handbook. On one recent install, I used systemrescuecd 4.xx, which gives you a nice minimal XFCE desktop with the Midori web browser you can use to read the handbook (and wander around the web while stuff builds). There was one step -- installing syslog-ng, I think -- where there was a glitch due to an environment variable set by srcd. Immediately after doing the "chroot" do the following command # export path= See below for more details http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-921678-start-0.html http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-786386.html Another convenient option is to boot the minimal install CD make sure network works, start sshd, and then log in from another machine where you can cut/paste stuff from the handbook into a terminal window. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! So this is what it at feels like to be potato gmail.com salad
