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I'm just installing my first Gentoo system ever, so I thought before |
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I forget I could tell you my experience. (The bootstrap is running, |
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so I have nothing else to do anyway :-) |
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* The documentation could say that support for a lot of network cards |
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is already compiled into the kernel. I was quite shocked when I |
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couldn't find the module for my Realtek card... (Or are the |
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modules on the initrd and it loads them from there? I know nothing |
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about initrd. But it doesn't matter, I think.) |
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* Maybe the installation documentation could say something about the |
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USE variable. Is it better to add a lot of settings right from the |
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start, or is it okay to just start with a few and then add more as |
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we go along? |
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I decided to add lots of settings that I think I will need. |
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* Maybe a word about continuation lines could be said. It seems I |
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can just break the line within the quotes, but how about saying |
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this explicitly? |
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* I kinda got confused about the network setup. (That shock about the |
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missing Realtek module must have been pretty severe :-) So I'm not |
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sure if the following is relevant. My dhcp server appears to need a |
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hostname. Does net-setup allow me to type one in? If not, it might |
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be a good feature. |
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Just to avoid any misunderstandings, I've been reading |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml |
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which I hope was the right thing to do. |
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Now I will go back and read some email. Stay tuned for more stupid |
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messages after the bootstrap has finished... (Or just tell me to |
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shut up if I'm annoying.) |
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Ambibibentists unite! |
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