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2015-07-01 9:17 GMT-06:00 <gottlieb@×××.edu>: |
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> My new laptop should arrive this month. It will presumably support |
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> UEFI, which I have never used before. |
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> I have two questions. |
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> 1. The gentoo handbook favors using the minimal installation CD. I |
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> downloaded the iso, verified it's integrity, and "burned" it to a USB |
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> stick with dd. |
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> |
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> However the wiki page "UEFI_Dual_boot_with_Windows_7/8" says to use a |
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> system rescue CD. Is that required or can I use the minimal |
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> installation CD? |
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> |
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You could use almost any distro to install gentoo, I have done it |
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before, even my first install was the first livecd i found in my CDs |
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case(LinuxMint), after reading the instructions I didn't found |
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anything that actually made it a MUST to use the recommendations of |
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the handbook. |
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> 2. The handbook, when discussing Booting the installation CD, says |
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> |
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> Important |
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> When installing Gentoo with the purpose of using the UEFI interface |
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> instead of BIOS, it is recommended to boot with UEFI immediately. If |
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> not, then it might be necessary to create a bootable UEFI USB stick |
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> (or other medium) once before finalizing the Gentoo Linux |
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> installation. |
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> I don't understand what I am to do? Must I change the USB stick to |
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> somehow specify UEFI? Or will the laptop firmware ask me whether to |
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> boot UEFI? Or something else? |
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This is so the EFI information is available inside the booted OS. if |
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you don't boot using EFI this information is not available(I'm not |
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100% sure about this, it's just what I remember at the top of my head) |
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I remember from reading this list you use GNOME thus systemd, then I |
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would highly recommend doing the install with a systemd livecd, it |
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makes it so much practical to get to the chroot and you can test if |
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your userspace boots right without needing to reboot thanks to nspawn. |
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Here's a quick description of the procces, using a systemd live |
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media(I will put the obvious just for completeness): |
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1. Get the stage3 and the livecd you'll use |
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2. boot |
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3. mkdir /mnt/gentoo and get the partition(s) where the installation |
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will be, ready and mounted |
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4. tar -xvjpf the stage 3 into /mnt/gentoo |
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5. cd /mnt/gentoo && systemd-nspawn (this is the replacement for |
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chroot, it mounts /dev/, /proc, and /sys for you) |
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6. get the portage tree |
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7. eselect a systemd profile, I would use the |
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minimal(default/linux/amd64/13.0/systemd) temporarily so I don't have |
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to build all of GNOME before booting. |
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8. emerge -avuDN @world (will get systemd installed) and |
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9. set a passoword for root and exit the shell, and boot the newly |
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installed systemd with # systemd-nspawn -b |
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10. Configure timezone(timedatectl), locale.gen, locale(localectl), |
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fstab... etc. |
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11. get a boot loader(Gummiboot the recommendation, and to the dislike |
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of some, soon part of the systemd package, so systemd will come with a |
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bootloader) |
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12. Get a kernel (CONFIG_EFI_STUB is needed to boot with gummiboot) |
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13. boot and change profile to a gnome one, and emerge gnome or gnome-minimal. |
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Personally I find that installing Gentoo with systemd is more |
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practical, mainly because of nspwan. |
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