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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:21:06
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1 neysx 08/04/01 17:21:03
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24 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
25 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
26 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
27
28 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v 1.10 2008/04/01 08:53:46 nightmorph Exp $ -->
29 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86+amd64-medium.xml,v 1.11 2008/04/01 17:21:03 neysx Exp $ -->
30
31 <sections>
32
33 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
34 Installer LiveCD is possible as well.
35 </abstract>
36
37 -<version>6.0</version>
38 +<version>6.1</version>
39 <date>2008-04-01</date>
40
41 <section>
42 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
43
44 <p>
45 Before we start, we first list what hardware requirements you need to
46 -successfully install Gentoo on your box.
47 +successfully install Gentoo on your box.
48 </p>
49
50 </body>
51 @@ -71,7 +71,11 @@
52 </tr>
53 <tr>
54 <th>CPU</th>
55 - <ti colspan="2">Any AMD64 CPU or EM64T CPU</ti>
56 + <ti colspan="2">
57 + Any AMD64 CPU or <uri
58 + link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMT64#Intel_64">EM64T CPU</uri> (Core 2
59 + Duo &amp; Quad processors are EM64T)
60 + </ti>
61 </tr>
62 <tr>
63 <th>Memory</th>
64 @@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
65 All Installation CDs allow you to boot, set up networking, initialize your
66 partitions and start installing Gentoo from the Internet. We currently provide
67 two Installation CDs which are equally suitable to install Gentoo from, as long
68 -as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the
69 +as you're planning on performing an Internet-based installation using the
70 latest version of the available packages.
71 </p>
72
73 @@ -132,8 +136,8 @@
74
75 <ul>
76 <li>
77 - The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable
78 - CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and
79 + The Gentoo <e>Minimal</e> Installation CD, a small, no-nonsense, bootable
80 + CD which sole purpose is to boot the system, prepare the networking and
81 continue with the Gentoo installation.
82 </li>
83 <li>
84 @@ -247,9 +251,9 @@
85 <body>
86
87 <p>
88 -You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
89 -downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
90 -the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
91 +You have chosen to use a Gentoo Installation CD. We'll first start by
92 +downloading and burning the chosen Installation CD. We previously discussed
93 +the several available Installation CDs, but where can you find them?
94 </p>
95
96 <p>
97 @@ -298,8 +302,8 @@
98
99 <ul>
100 <li>
101 - With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc &lt;downloaded iso
102 - file&gt;</c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's
103 + With cdrecord, you simply type <c>cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc &lt;downloaded iso
104 + file&gt;</c> (replace <path>/dev/hdc</path> with your CD-RW drive's
105 device path).
106 </li>
107 <li>
108 @@ -316,10 +320,10 @@
109
110 <p>
111 Once you have burnt your installation CD, it is time to boot it.
112 -Remove all CDs from your CD drives, reboot your system and enter the BIOS.
113 -This is usually done by hitting DEL, F1 or ESC, depending on your BIOS. Inside
114 -the BIOS, change the boot order so that the CD-ROM is tried before the hard
115 -disk. This is often found under "CMOS Setup". If you don't do this, your system
116 +Remove all CDs from your CD drives, reboot your system and enter the BIOS.
117 +This is usually done by hitting DEL, F1 or ESC, depending on your BIOS. Inside
118 +the BIOS, change the boot order so that the CD-ROM is tried before the hard
119 +disk. This is often found under "CMOS Setup". If you don't do this, your system
120 will just reboot from the hard disk, ignoring the CD-ROM.
121 </p>
122
123 @@ -331,7 +335,7 @@
124 </p>
125
126 <p>
127 -Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on our Installation CDs.
128 +Specifying a kernel? Yes, we provide several kernels on our Installation CDs.
129 The default one is <c>gentoo</c>. Other kernels are for specific hardware needs
130 and the <c>-nofb</c> variants which disable framebuffer.
131 </p>
132 @@ -387,142 +391,214 @@
133
134 <p>
135 You can also provide kernel options. They represent optional settings you can
136 -(de)activate at will. The following list is the same as the one you receive
137 -when you press F2 at the bootscreen.
138 +(de)activate at will. The following options are available when you press F2 at
139 +the bootscreen.
140 </p>
141
142 -<pre caption="Options available to pass to your kernel of choice">
143 -<comment>Hardware options:</comment>
144 -
145 -acpi=on This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to
146 - be started by the CD on boot. This is only needed if your
147 - system requires ACPI to function properly. This is not
148 - required for Hyperthreading support.
149 -
150 -acpi=off Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems
151 - and is also a requirement for using APM. This will disable any
152 - Hyperthreading support of your processor.
153 -
154 -console=X This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first
155 - option is the device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any
156 - connection options, which are comma separated. The default
157 - options are 9600,8,n,1.
158 -
159 -dmraid=X This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID
160 - subsystem. Options should be encapsulated in quotes.
161 -doapm This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use
162 - acpi=off.
163 -
164 -dopcmcia This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also
165 - causes the pcmcia cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot.
166 - This is only required when booting from PCMCIA/Cardbus devices.
167 -
168 -doscsi This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a
169 - requirement for booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI
170 - subsystem of the kernel.
171 -
172 -hda=stroke This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your
173 - BIOS is unable to handle large disks. This option is only used
174 - on machines with an older BIOS. Replace hda with the device
175 - that is requiring this option.
176 -
177 -ide=nodma This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required
178 - by some IDE chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your
179 - system is having trouble reading from your IDE CDROM, try this
180 - option. This also disables the default hdparm settings from
181 - being executed.
182 -
183 -noapic This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller
184 - that is present on newer motherboards. It has been known to
185 - cause some problems on older hardware.
186 -
187 -nodetect This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD,
188 - including device autodetection and DHCP probing. This is
189 - useful for doing debugging of a failing CD or driver.
190 -
191 -nodhcp This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is
192 - useful on networks with only static addresses.
193 -
194 -nodmraid Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for
195 - on-board IDE/SATA RAID controllers.
196 -
197 -nofirewire This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should
198 - only be necessary if your Firewire hardware is causing
199 - a problem with booting the CD.
200 -
201 -nogpm This diables gpm console mouse support.
202 -
203 -nohotplug This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init
204 - scripts at boot. This is useful for doing debugging of a
205 - failing CD or driver.
206 -
207 -nokeymap This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US
208 - keyboard layouts.
209 -
210 -nolapic This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels.
211 -
212 -nosata This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is used
213 - if your system is having problems with the SATA subsystem.
214 -
215 -nosmp This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled
216 - kernels. This is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with
217 - certain drivers and motherboards.
218 -
219 -nosound This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful
220 - for systems where sound support causes problems.
221 -
222 -nousb This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful
223 - for debugging USB issues.
224 -
225 -slowusb This adds some extra pauses into the boot process for slow
226 - USB CDROMs, like in the IBM BladeCenter.
227 -
228 -<comment>Volume/Device Management:</comment>
229 -
230 -doevms This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise
231 - Volume Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm.
232 -
233 -dolvm This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management.
234 - This is not safe to use with evms.
235 -
236 -<comment>Other options:</comment>
237 -
238 -debug Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays
239 - a lot of data to the screen.
240 -
241 -docache This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM,
242 - which allows you to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM.
243 - This option requires that you have at least twice as much
244 - available RAM as the size of the CD.
245 -
246 -doload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as
247 - well as dependencies. Replace X with the module name.
248 -
249 - Multiple modules can be specified by a comma-separated list.
250 -
251 -dosshd Starts sshd on boot, which is useful for unattended installs.
252 -
253 -passwd=foo Sets whatever follows the equals as the root password, which
254 - is required for dosshd since we scramble the root password.
255 -
256 -noload=X This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a
257 - specific module that may be causing a problem. Syntax matches
258 - that of doload.
259 -
260 -nonfs Disables the starting of portmap/nfsmount on boot.
261 -
262 -nox This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X,
263 - but rather, to drop to the command line instead.
264 -
265 -scandelay This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain
266 - portions the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to
267 - initialize to be ready for use.
268 +<p>
269 +<brite>Hardware options:</brite>
270 +</p>
271
272 -scandelay=X This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be
273 - added to certain portions of the boot process to allow for
274 - devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use.
275 - Replace X with the number of seconds to pause.
276 -</pre>
277 +<dl>
278 +<dt>acpi=on</dt>
279 +<dd>
280 + This loads support for ACPI and also causes the acpid daemon to be started by
281 + the CD on boot. This is only needed if your system requires ACPI to function
282 + properly. This is not required for Hyperthreading support.
283 +</dd>
284 +<dt>acpi=off</dt>
285 +<dd>
286 + Completely disables ACPI. This is useful on some older systems and is also a
287 + requirement for using APM. This will disable any Hyperthreading support of
288 + your processor.
289 +</dd>
290 +<dt>console=X</dt>
291 +<dd>
292 + This sets up serial console access for the CD. The first option is the
293 + device, usually ttyS0 on x86, followed by any connection options, which are
294 + comma separated. The default options are 9600,8,n,1.
295 +</dd>
296 +<dt>dmraid=X</dt>
297 +<dd>
298 + This allows for passing options to the device-mapper RAID subsystem. Options
299 + should be encapsulated in quotes.
300 +</dd>
301 +<dt>doapm</dt>
302 +<dd>
303 + This loads APM driver support. This requires you to also use acpi=off.
304 +</dd>
305 +<dt>dopcmcia</dt>
306 +<dd>
307 + This loads support for PCMCIA and Cardbus hardware and also causes the pcmcia
308 + cardmgr to be started by the CD on boot. This is only required when booting
309 + from PCMCIA/Cardbus devices.
310 +</dd>
311 +<dt>doscsi</dt>
312 +<dd>
313 + This loads support for most SCSI controllers. This is also a requirement for
314 + booting most USB devices, as they use the SCSI subsystem of the kernel.
315 +</dd>
316 +<dt>hda=stroke</dt>
317 +<dd>
318 + This allows you to partition the whole hard disk even when your BIOS is unable
319 + to handle large disks. This option is only used on machines with an older BIOS.
320 + Replace hda with the device that is requiring this option.
321 +</dd>
322 +<dt>ide=nodma</dt>
323 +<dd>
324 + This forces the disabling of DMA in the kernel and is required by some IDE
325 + chipsets and also by some CDROM drives. If your system is having trouble
326 + reading from your IDE CDROM, try this option. This also disables the default
327 + hdparm settings from being executed.
328 +</dd>
329 +<dt>noapic</dt>
330 +<dd>
331 + This disables the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller that is present
332 + on newer motherboards. It has been known to cause some problems on older
333 + hardware.
334 +</dd>
335 +<dt>nodetect</dt>
336 +<dd>
337 + This disables all of the autodetection done by the CD, including device
338 + autodetection and DHCP probing. This is useful for doing debugging of a
339 + failing CD or driver.
340 +</dd>
341 +<dt>nodhcp</dt>
342 +<dd>
343 + This disables DHCP probing on detected network cards. This is useful on
344 + networks with only static addresses.
345 +</dd>
346 +<dt>nodmraid</dt>
347 +<dd>
348 + Disables support for device-mapper RAID, such as that used for on-board
349 + IDE/SATA RAID controllers.
350 +</dd>
351 +<dt>nofirewire</dt>
352 +<dd>
353 + This disables the loading of Firewire modules. This should only be necessary
354 + if your Firewire hardware is causing a problem with booting the CD.
355 +</dd>
356 +<dt>nogpm</dt>
357 +<dd>
358 + This diables gpm console mouse support.
359 +</dd>
360 +<dt>nohotplug</dt>
361 +<dd>
362 + This disables the loading of the hotplug and coldplug init scripts at boot.
363 + This is useful for doing debugging of a failing CD or driver.
364 +</dd>
365 +<dt>nokeymap</dt>
366 +<dd>
367 + This disables the keymap selection used to select non-US keyboard layouts.
368 +</dd>
369 +<dt>nolapic</dt>
370 +<dd>
371 + This disables the local APIC on Uniprocessor kernels.
372 +</dd>
373 +<dt>nosata</dt>
374 +<dd>
375 + This disables the loading of Serial ATA modules. This is used if your system
376 + is having problems with the SATA subsystem.
377 +</dd>
378 +<dt>nosmp</dt>
379 +<dd>
380 + This disables SMP, or Symmetric Multiprocessing, on SMP-enabled kernels. This
381 + is useful for debugging SMP-related issues with certain drivers and
382 + motherboards.
383 +</dd>
384 +<dt>nosound</dt>
385 +<dd>
386 + This disables sound support and volume setting. This is useful for systems
387 + where sound support causes problems.
388 +</dd>
389 +<dt>nousb</dt>
390 +<dd>
391 + This disables the autoloading of USB modules. This is useful for debugging
392 + USB issues.
393 +</dd>
394 +<dt>slowusb</dt>
395 +<dd>
396 + This adds some extra pauses into the boot process for slow USB CDROMs, like
397 + in the IBM BladeCenter.
398 +</dd>
399 +</dl>
400 +
401 +<p>
402 +<brite>Volume/Device Management:</brite>
403 +</p>
404 +
405 +<dl>
406 +<dt>doevms</dt>
407 +<dd>
408 + This enables support for IBM's pluggable EVMS, or Enterprise Volume
409 + Management System. This is not safe to use with lvm.
410 +</dd>
411 +<dt>dolvm</dt>
412 +<dd>
413 + This enables support for Linux's Logical Volume Management. This is not safe
414 + to use with evms.
415 +</dd>
416 +</dl>
417 +
418 +<p>
419 +<brite>Other options:</brite>
420 +</p>
421 +
422 +<dl>
423 +<dt>debug</dt>
424 +<dd>
425 + Enables debugging code. This might get messy, as it displays a lot of data to
426 + the screen.
427 +</dd>
428 +<dt>docache</dt>
429 +<dd>
430 + This caches the entire runtime portion of the CD into RAM, which allows you
431 + to umount /mnt/cdrom and mount another CDROM. This option requires that you
432 + have
433 + at least twice as much available RAM as the size of the CD.
434 +</dd>
435 +<dt>doload=X</dt>
436 +<dd>
437 + This causes the initial ramdisk to load any module listed, as well as
438 + dependencies. Replace X with the module name.
439 +<br/>
440 + Multiple modules can be specified by a comma-separated list.
441 +</dd>
442 +<dt>dosshd</dt>
443 +<dd>
444 + Starts sshd on boot, which is useful for unattended installs.
445 +</dd>
446 +<dt>passwd=foo</dt>
447 +<dd>
448 + Sets whatever follows the equals as the root password, which is required for
449 + dosshd since we scramble the root password.
450 +</dd>
451 +<dt>noload=X</dt>
452 +<dd>
453 + This causes the initial ramdisk to skip the loading of a specific module that
454 + may be causing a problem. Syntax matches that of doload.
455 +</dd>
456 +<dt>nonfs</dt>
457 +<dd>
458 + Disables the starting of portmap/nfsmount on boot.
459 +</dd>
460 +<dt>nox</dt>
461 +<dd>
462 + This causes an X-enabled LiveCD to not automatically start X, but rather, to
463 + drop to the command line instead.
464 +</dd>
465 +<dt>scandelay</dt>
466 +<dd>
467 + This causes the CD to pause for 10 seconds during certain portions the boot
468 + process to allow for devices that are slow to initialize to be ready for use.
469 +</dd>
470 +<dt>scandelay=X</dt>
471 +<dd>
472 + This allows you to specify a given delay, in seconds, to be added to certain
473 + portions of the boot process to allow for devices that are slow to initialize
474 + to be ready for use. Replace X with the number of seconds to pause.
475 +</dd>
476 +</dl>
477
478 <note>
479 The CD will check for "no*" options before "do*" options, so that you can
480 @@ -568,11 +644,11 @@
481 majority of cases, it does a very good job. However, in some cases it may not
482 auto-load the kernel modules you need. If the PCI auto-detection missed some of
483 your system's hardware, you will have to load the appropriate kernel modules
484 -manually.
485 +manually.
486 </p>
487
488 <p>
489 -In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for
490 +In the next example we try to load the <c>8139too</c> module (support for
491 certain kinds of network interfaces):
492 </p>
493
494 @@ -620,7 +696,7 @@
495 <p>
496 If you plan on giving other people access to your installation
497 environment or you want to chat using <c>irssi</c> without root privileges (for
498 -security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change
499 +security reasons), you need to create the necessary user accounts and change
500 the root password.
501 </p>
502
503 @@ -704,7 +780,7 @@
504 If you want to allow other users to access your computer during the
505 Gentoo installation (perhaps because those users are going to help you
506 install Gentoo, or even do it for you), you need to create a user
507 -account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password
508 +account for them and perhaps even provide them with your root password
509 (<e>only</e> do that <e>if</e> you <b>fully trust</b> that user).
510 </p>
511
512
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