1. I want a 2.6 kernel, so should I select the gentoo-dev-sources kernel?Never tried it myself. But yes, it would probably be a good place to start.
2. I plan to use genkernel and hotplug as the livecd detected it fine.You might want to read up about genkernel and 2.6. I've never used genkernel at all, but I think I read about some people with some problems with 2.6.
3. Is the nforce2 ethernet driver (nforce-net) supported for the 2.6 kernels in gentoo? If not it doesnt matter I can manually patch the nvidia source and install it. the nforce-net is supported in the live cd which is based on the 2.4 series.Don't use it. The 2.6 kernels have a reverse-engineered driver, named forcedeth. It performs better than the nvidia drivers, fixes some bugs that nvidia have neglected, and is open source.
Device Drivers ---> Networking support ---> Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) ---> <*> Reverse Engineered nForce Ethernet support (EXPERIMENTAL)
The option name inside the .config file is CONFIG_FORCEDETH.
Daniel
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