I just had a quick look at the new Gentoo installation docs and found that the part I consider was the most difficult (more questions than answers) part for me, compiling the kernel, has a new automated option - genkernel.....It bases the settings on the the way the LiveCD kernel is configured.
emerge -k genkernel Code listing 16.3: Running genkernel If you're using genkernel 1.2 (included in the 1.4-20030803 x86/i686 GRP set), use the following: # genkernel gentoo-sources If you're using genkernel 1.4 or newer, there's no need to specify a kernel: # genkernel Gentoo Linux genkernel, version 1.4 Copyright 2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc., Bob Johnson, Daniel Robbins Distributed under the GNU General Public License version 2 Settings: compile optimization: 1 processor(s) source tree: /usr/src/linux-2.4.20-gaming-r3 config: gentoo (customized) config loc: /etc/kernels/config-2.4.20-gaming-r3 initrd config: (default) /etc/kernels/settings * Running "make oldconfig"... [ ok ] * Logging to /var/log/genkernel.log... [ ok ] * Starting 2.4.20-gaming-r3 build... [ ok ] * Running "make dep"... [ ok ] * Running "make bzImage"... [ ok ] * Running "make modules"... [ ok ] * Running "make modules_install"... [ ok ] * Moving bzImage to /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gaming-r3... [ ok ] * Building busybox... [ ok ] * Creating initrd... [ ok ] * Build completed successfully! * Please specify /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gaming-r3 and /boot/initrd-2.4.20-gaming-r3 * when customizing your boot loader configuration files.
