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The following changes are from my quick glance of doing a network-less |
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stage3 install using the current 2004.3 builds. Since amd64 has nearly |
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mirrored x86 on this release, these apply for them, too. There may be |
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other amd64 changes, but these are the common ones. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=2: |
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s/You should see a fancy boot screen with the Gentoo Linux logo on |
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it./You should see a boot: prompt./ |
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s/Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on our LiveCDs. |
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The default one is gentoo. Other kernels are smp, which activates |
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support for multi-cpu systems and the -nofb variants which disable |
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framebuffer./Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on |
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most of our LiveCDs. The default one is gentoo. Other kernels are for |
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specific hardware needs and the -nofb variants which disable |
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framebuffer./ |
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s/It is recommended that you select the gentoo or gentoo-nofb kernels if |
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you want to install Gentoo Linux with a 2.4 kernel or smp or smp-nofb if |
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you want to install Gentoo Linux with a 2.6 kernel. Otherwise you might |
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run into compatibility issues.// |
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s/gentoo Default 2.4 kernel with framebuffer support/gentoo 2.6 |
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Kernel with support for multiple CPUs/ |
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s/smp 2.6 Kernel with support for multiple CPUs// |
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s/smp-nofb Same as smp but without framebuffer support// |
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This next part is the "Code Listing 3" table. I'm just going to paste |
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the new one here since it'll be easier than listing the changes. |
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- agpgart loads agpgart (use if you have graphic problems,lockups) |
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- acpi=on loads support for ACPI firmware |
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- ide=nodma force disabling of DMA for malfunctioning IDE devices |
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- doscsi scan for scsi devices (breaks some ethernet cards) |
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- dopcmcia starts pcmcia service for PCMCIA cdroms |
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- nofirewire disables firewire modules in initrd (for firewire |
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cdroms,etc) |
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- nokeymap disables keymap selection for non-us keyboard layouts |
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- docache cache the entire runtime portion of cd in RAM, allows |
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you |
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to umount /mnt/cdrom to mount another cdrom. |
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- nodetect causes hwsetup/kudzu and hotplug not to run |
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- nousb disables usb module load from initrd, disables hotplug |
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- nodhcp dhcp does not automatically start if nic detected |
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- nohotplug disables loading hotplug service |
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- noapic disable apic (try if having hardware problems |
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nics,scsi,etc) |
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- hdx=stroke allows you to partition the whole harddrive even when your |
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BIOS |
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can't handle large harddrives |
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s/You will then be greeted with another boot screen and progress |
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bar./You will then be greeted with a boot screen and progress bar. If |
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you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, make sure |
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you press F2 to switch to verbose mode and follow the prompt. If no |
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selection is made in 10 second, the default will be accepted and the |
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boot process will continue./ |
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s/If you are installing Gentoo on a system with a non-US keyboard, make |
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sure you boot the LiveCD with the dokeymap boot option.// |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=3 |
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I'm not really sure what to say here. I have added wireless |
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configuration for any iwconfig-compatible wireless device to net-setup. |
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When running net-setup, it now asks if the network is wired or wireless, |
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then asks for the SSID and WEP (if required) if it is wireless. It then |
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continues with the old net-setup functionality by asking if the network |
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uses DHCP or not. This is preliminary, so I would consider marking it |
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as the new "automatic" way and leaving the documentation for the old |
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"manual" way. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5 |
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s/portage-20040710.tar.bz2/portage-20041022.tar.bz2/ |
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A note should be added to 5.e about leaving USE alone if planning on |
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doing a stage3 + GRP install. Make this note red... and bold... and |
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flashing... and make it so when people look at it a very large klaxon |
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sounds... *grin* |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 |
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s/(of course in case you have a working network connection)/(of course |
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this requires you have a working network connection)/ |
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There also needs to be the same big fat warning in 6.a in the USE |
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section about how changing the USE flags when using a stage3 + GRP will |
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be cause the releng demons to come and eat your babies. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7 |
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s/ati-drivers-extra Graphical ATI tools emerge ati-drivers-extra// |
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We're removing this since it isn't provided by distfiles. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=9 |
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s/Warning: The stage3 tarballs of the 2004.2 release erroneously contain |
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the sysklogd logger. You will need to unmerge this logger before |
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emerging a new one.// |
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s/(First unmerge the sysklogd logger if you use a stage3 tarball)// |
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s/# emerge unmerge sysklogd// |
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s/(You will also need to remove the sysklogd init script)// |
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s/# rm /etc/init.d/sysklogd// |
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s/(Now install the system logger of your choice)// |
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I think something should be added to the 9.a section to state that if a |
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user selects sysklogd or syslog-ng that they should install logrotate, |
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too. We do it for the cron daemons with running crontab /etc/crontab, |
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so why not the loggers? |
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s/Note: If you are not installing Gentoo using cascading profiles |
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slocate will already be part of your system. Cascading profiles are not |
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used by default yet so if you don't understand it you can assume that |
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you're not using cascading profiles.// |
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s/Note: If you are not installing Gentoo using cascading profiles dhcpcd |
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will already be part of your system. Cascading profiles are not used by |
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default yet so if you don't understand it you can assume that you're not |
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using cascading profiles.// |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 |
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s/you have to add a vga- or video-statement to your bootloader |
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configuration file if you require framebuffer. The former is for 2.4 |
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kernels while you should use the latter for 2.6 kernels./you have to add |
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a vga-statement to your bootloader configuration file if you wish to use |
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framebuffer./ |
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s/For the video-statement, a simplified syntax is used. Most of the time |
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it's sufficient to use video=vesafb./If you are using a 2.6 kernel and |
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chose to use vesafb-tng, then you will use a video-statement instead. |
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The video statement is defined by WxH-D@Hz, or 1024x768-16@60./ |
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Perhaps another table could be added for this, I'm not sure. That's |
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totally up to you guys. It should be noted that the vesafb-tng stuff is |
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only in the gentoo-dev-sources kernel and only in kernel >=2.6.8 at |
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that. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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