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Downloading Gentoo

  • 12-10-2004 1:30pm
    #1
    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    When downloading Gentoo, what exactly do you need? There's loads of things there, the stages, portage the ISO's. Do I just need the universe ISO?

    Thanks!

    Peter


Comments

  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    I've never installed Gentoo but if you have a decent internet connection all you should need is a boot CD (Minimal or Universal), a stage (Universal should have Stage1 and multiple Stage3) and access to the documentation.

    http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=2

    THe important thing with a Gentoo install would be to follow the installation documentation word by word.


  • #3
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    You should read the gentoo handbook several times before attempting to install gentoo.


  • #4
    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    Thanks lads,

    I've installed it off a DVD that I got with Linux Format before so I've no problems there, just the DVD got scratched so I can't use that anymore.

    If I download the universe CD can I do a network-less install?
    Is there anything I can do about the scratched CD?


  • #5
    eggshapedfred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 294 ✭✭eggshapedfred


    according to the gentoo handbook, you can only use a Stage 3 (which is included on the universal cd) install for network-less installs.

    as for the scratched CD, you could always use it as a coaster...:)
    you could try www.isobuster.com. don't know if its any good though so good luck...


  • #6
    nadir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭nadir


    when you install gentoo ( for a basic installation at least)
    you need the live cd, and the stage tarball.
    so for a normal x86 machine that would be (in the gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2004.1/livecd/ directory of the mirror site)
    Install-x86-universal-2004.1.iso
Install-x86-universal-2004.1.iso.md5

    and

    (in the /download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2004.1/stages/x86 (or directory)
    stage3-x86-2004.1.tar.bz2
stage3-x86-2004.1.tar.bz2.md5

    Note make sure to download the correct cds for yor architecture, like for pentium 4 type chips you want i686, x86 is generic pc type , ppc is power pc .etc im sure you know all that already.

    id advise a stage 3 install anyway your first time, or stage 2, but NOT stage 1, to be honest i think its more of an academic thing doing stage 1&2 installs. just do stage 3, there is no performace increase from doing stage 1&2 installs, and it takes way longer.

    you can get the packages cd too if you want, but its not necessary, its just if you have a slow connection and cant be downloading all the packages at home. same thing for the portage snapshot, 'emerge sync' gets the lates snapshot anyway, its just if you dont have an internet connection when installing you would need the portage snapshot.

    But by far the most important thing with gentoo is to read the docs and follow them 'exactly', what I've said above is explained in the docs. Gentoo docs are simply the best, you will learn lots and its really intersting. If you arn't willing to read ALL the installation guide do NOT bother installing gentoo, unless of course you are a guru already.


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