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Modified: gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml |
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1.26 xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml?rev=1.26&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml?rev=1.26&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml?r1=1.25&r2=1.26 |
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Index: gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.25 |
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retrieving revision 1.26 |
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diff -u -r1.25 -r1.26 |
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--- gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml 18 Sep 2007 15:48:12 -0000 1.25 |
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+++ gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml 21 May 2008 20:26:03 -0000 1.26 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml,v 1.25 2007/09/18 15:48:12 neysx Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml,v 1.26 2008/05/21 20:26:03 swift Exp $ --> |
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<guide link="/doc/en/gentoo-x86-tipsntricks.xml"> |
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<title>Gentoo/x86 Installation Tips & Tricks</title> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-After partitioning, create the <path>/etc/mdadm.conf</path> file (yes, indeed, |
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-on the Installation CD environment) using <c>mdadm</c>, an advanced tool for <uri |
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-link="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/05/RAID.html">RAID |
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-management</uri>. For instance, to have your boot, swap and root partition |
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-mirrored (RAID-1) covering <path>/dev/sda</path> and <path>/dev/sdb</path>, |
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+After partitioning, create the <path>/etc/mdadm.conf</path> file (yes, indeed, |
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+on the Installation CD environment) using <c>mdadm</c>, an advanced tool for |
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+<uri link="http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/05/RAID.html">RAID |
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+management</uri>. For instance, to have your boot, swap and root partition |
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+mirrored (RAID-1) covering <path>/dev/sda</path> and <path>/dev/sdb</path>, |
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you can use: |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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When you're configuring your kernel, make sure you have the appropriate RAID |
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-support <e>in</e> your kernel and not as module. |
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+support <e>in</e> your kernel and not as module. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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When configuring your bootloader, make sure it gets installed in the MBR of |
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-<e>both</e> disks if you use mirroring. |
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+<e>both</e> disks if you use mirroring. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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-Make sure you boot your Installation CD using the <c>doataraid</c> option. Once booted, |
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-check the contents of <path>/dev/ataraid</path>. It should contain various |
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-<path>disc*</path> directories for each harddisk available in the ATA RAID. An |
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-entire disk is displayed as <path>disc</path> while partitions are |
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+Make sure you boot your Installation CD using the <c>doataraid</c> option. Once |
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+booted, check the contents of <path>/dev/ataraid</path>. It should contain |
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+various <path>disc*</path> directories for each harddisk available in the ATA |
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+RAID. An entire disk is displayed as <path>disc</path> while partitions are |
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<path>part*</path>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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You still need to write your <path>grub.conf</path> file. This is no different |
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from the installation instructions, just make sure that your <c>root=</c> points |
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-to the ATA RAID device. |
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+to the ATA RAID device. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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If you don't want to compile a kernel yourself you can use the kernel from the |
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-Installation CD and copy it to your system. When you come to the point that you're asked |
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-to compile a kernel, go to another terminal (press Alt-F2) and log in with the |
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-root password you've supplied at the beginning of the installation. |
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+Installation CD and copy it to your system. When you come to the point that |
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+you're asked to compile a kernel, go to another terminal (press Alt-F2) and |
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+log in with the root password you've supplied at the beginning of the |
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+installation. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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There are several possible solutions for this. The first one is to use |
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-<c>screen</c>. After booting the Installation CD, set your root password and start a |
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-screen session: |
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+<c>screen</c>. After booting the Installation CD, set your root password and |
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+start a screen session: |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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-Not all Installation CDs provide screen. If this is the case, you will have to use one of |
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-the other methods described in this section. |
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+Not all Installation CDs provide screen. If this is the case, you will have to |
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+use one of the other methods described in this section. |
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</note> |
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<pre caption="Starting a screen session"> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-To regain access to your terminal, log in as root again and <e>attach</e> to |
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+To regain access to your terminal, log in as root again and <e>attach</e> to |
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the running screen session: |
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</p> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Now exit the chrooted environment (<c>exit</c>) and the Installation CD session. Your |
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-compilation will continue in the background. |
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+Now exit the chrooted environment (<c>exit</c>) and the Installation CD session. |
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+Your compilation will continue in the background. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-When you want to check the compilation, log in as root (on the Installation CD) and |
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-chroot back into your environment and go to the directory where you left off: |
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+When you want to check the compilation, log in as root (on the Installation CD) |
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+and chroot back into your environment and go to the directory where you left |
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+off: |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Chrooting back"> |
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the instructions again, but ignore the partitioning steps as your partitions are |
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already created and even populated. You can therefore immediately mount those |
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partitions at <path>/mnt/gentoo</path>. You should also ignore the steps about |
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-stage extraction and modifying <path>make.conf</path> - you don't want to |
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+stage extraction and modifying <path>make.conf</path> - you don't want to |
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overwrite your files do you? |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Once you have tried a different approach for your situation, you should consider |
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how much of the subsequent steps you need to perform again. If the subsequent |
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-steps are depending on your change, you will need to redo those. |
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+steps are depending on your change, you will need to redo those. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<ul> |
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<li> |
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- if you have changed a variable inside <path>make.conf</path> you will need |
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+ if you have changed a variable inside <path>make.conf</path> you will need |
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to do all subsequent compiling since those depend on the settings inside |
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<path>make.conf</path> |
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</li> |
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