Gentoo minimal install cd download

You should now be able to ping , etc. This page contains changes which are not marked for translation. It uses GRUB 2. It's based on Gentoo -- always good : It uses a modern kernel so should support recent hardware. Some possible downsides for this image are: Since it's small, not much is included.

You are left with wpa-supplicant for configuring WiFi This is not difficult if you know how and we'll cover the steps, but is more complicated than using NetworkManager. In the next example the too module which supports certain kinds of network interfaces is loaded:. If other people need access to the installation environment, or there is need to run commands as a non-root user on the installation medium such as to chat using irssi without root privileges for security reasons , then an additional user account needs to be created and the root password set to a strong password.

To change the root password, use the passwd utility:. To create a user account, first enter their credentials, followed by the account's password. The useradd and passwd commands are used for these tasks. To switch from the current root user to the newly created user account, use the su command:. To view the Gentoo handbook during the installation, first create a user account as described above. During the installation, the links command can be used to browse the Gentoo handbook - of course only from the moment that the Internet connection is working.

The Screen utility is installed by default on official Gentoo installation media. It may be more efficient for the seasoned Linux enthusiast to use screen to view installation instructions via split panes rather than the multiple TTY method mentioned above.

To allow other users to access the system during the installation perhaps to support during an installation, or even do it remotely , a user account needs to be created as was documented earlier on and the SSH daemon needs to be started.

To be able to use sshd, the network needs to function properly. Continue with the chapter on Configuring the network. Other languages:. Note Some target architectures such as arm , mips , and s will not have minimal install CDs. At this time the Gentoo Release Engineering project does not support building. Note This is an optional step and not necessary to install Gentoo Linux.

However, it is recommended as it ensures that the downloaded file is not corrupt and has indeed been provided by the Gentoo Infrastructure team.

Important This does not verify that the. That also implies that the checksum should be verified against the values in the. They can be switched by pressing Alt then a function key between F1 - F7. It can be useful to switch to a new terminal when waiting for job to complete, to open documentation, etc.

Note If users log on to the system, they will see a message that the host key for this system needs to be confirmed through what is called a fingerprint.

This behavior is typical and can be expected for initial connections to an SSH server. However, later when the system is set up and someone logs on to the newly created system, the SSH client will warn that the host key has been changed. This is because the user now logs on to - for SSH - a different server namely the freshly installed Gentoo system rather than the live environment that the installation is currently using. Follow the instructions given on the screen then to replace the host key on the client system.

About the installation. Configuring the network. Preparing the disks. Installing stage3. Installing base system. Configuring the kernel. Configuring the system. On the Minimal installation media, only two predefined kernel boot options are provided. The default option is called gentoo. The other being the -nofb variant; this disables kernel framebuffer support.

Now boot the media, select a kernel if the default gentoo kernel does not suffice and boot options. As an example, we boot the gentoo kernel, with dopcmcia as a kernel parameter:. Next the user will be greeted with a boot screen and progress bar. If no selection is made in 10 seconds the default US keyboard will be accepted and the boot process will continue. Once the boot process completes, the user is automatically logged in to the "Live" Gentoo Linux environment as the root user, the super user.

When the Installation medium boots, it tries to detect all the hardware devices and loads the appropriate kernel modules to support the hardware. In the vast majority of cases, it does a very good job.

However, in some cases it may not auto-load the kernel modules needed by the system. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of the system's hardware, the appropriate kernel modules have to be loaded manually. In the next example the too module which supports certain kinds of network interfaces is loaded:. If other people need access to the installation environment, or there is need to run commands as a non-root user on the installation medium such as to chat using irssi without root privileges for security reasons , then an additional user account needs to be created and the root password set to a strong password.

To change the root password, use the passwd utility:. To create a user account, first enter their credentials, followed by the account's password.

The useradd and passwd commands are used for these tasks. To switch from the current root user to the newly created user account, use the su command:. To view the Gentoo handbook during the installation, first create a user account as described above.

During the installation, the links command can be used to browse the Gentoo handbook - of course only from the moment that the Internet connection is working.

The Screen utility is installed by default on official Gentoo installation media. It may be more efficient for the seasoned Linux enthusiast to use screen to view installation instructions via split panes rather than the multiple TTY method mentioned above. To allow other users to access the system during the installation perhaps to support during an installation, or even do it remotely , a user account needs to be created as was documented earlier on and the SSH daemon needs to be started.

To be able to use sshd, the network needs to function properly. Continue with the chapter on Configuring the network. Choosing the right installation medium From Gentoo Wiki. Other languages:. Note Some target architectures such as arm , mips , and s will not have minimal install CDs. At this time the Gentoo Release Engineering project does not support building. Note This is an optional step and not necessary to install Gentoo Linux. However, it is recommended as it ensures that the downloaded file is not corrupt and has indeed been provided by the Gentoo Infrastructure team.

Important This does not verify that the. That also implies that the checksum should be verified against the values in the. Note In all likelihood, the default gentoo kernel, as mentioned above, without specifying any of the optional parameters will work just fine.

For boot troubleshooting and expert options, continue on with this section. Otherwise, just press Enter and skip ahead to Extra hardware configuration. They can be switched by pressing Alt then a function key between F1 - F7.

It can be useful to switch to a new terminal when waiting for job to complete, to open documentation, etc. Note If users log on to the system, they will see a message that the host key for this system needs to be confirmed through what is called a fingerprint. This behavior is typical and can be expected for initial connections to an SSH server. However, later when the system is set up and someone logs on to the newly created system, the SSH client will warn that the host key has been changed.