On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:57:46 -0800 Grant wrote: > Hello, I installed Gentoo on my four systems a while ago and I've just > acquired a couple of new-to-me P3-500's. I'd like to install Gentoo > on these new systems but I'm a little confused by the changes made to > the installation process recently. I've never done anything but a > stage 1 installation, but I remember reading that those instructions > were removed from the installation documentation, and now I see a GUI > and a command line installer on the latest LiveCD. What is currently > the best installation method if I'm in the stage 1 mindset? >
I guess if you read the handbook you could read the faq that it frers to: "How do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball? The Gentoo Handbook only describes a Gentoo installation using a stage3 tarball. However, Gentoo still provides stage1 and stage2 tarballs. This is for development purposes (the Release Engineering team starts from a stage1 tarball to obtain a stage3) but shouldn't be used by users: a stage3 tarball can very well be used to bootstrap the system. You do need a working Internet connection. Bootstrapping means building the toolchain (the C library and compiler) for your system after which you install all core system packages. To bootstrap the system, perform a stage3 installation. Before you start the chapter on Configuring the Kernel, modify the bootstrap.sh script to suit your needs and then run it: " I would just do a stage 3 install, forgetting the gui installer. > - Grant > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
