User:Alonbl/Gentoo Bootstrap

= Gentoo Bootstrap =

This is my quick guide for bootstrapping Gentoo installation.

Startup
Boot from latest Gentoo install CD.

Networking
Make sure you have working network before start.

Create /etc/init.d/net.eth0 if not exist (recent install CDs dropped this for some reason):

Time
Very important to setup correct date/time so future makes will not break.

Partitions

 * Partition 1 ~50M bootable.
 * Partition 2 2*RAM_SIZE.
 * Partition 3 all the rest.

Initial settings
Update:
 * /etc/fstab
 * /etc/locale.gen
 * /etc/conf.d/hostname
 * /etc/localtime - copy correct file from /usr/share/zoneinfo

Kernel & Bootloader
See: User:Alonbl/Linux_Configuration_Common

Update extlinux.conf see Syslinux_Bootloader.

Finalize
Update:

Configure system

 * User:Alonbl/Gentoo_Licensing
 * Secured_Portage_Sync
 * Firewall_Using_Firehol

Success!
You have working Gentoo base.

Maintainer
Alon Bar-Lev