You (kindly) explain how to use fdisk to partition the hard-drive. I planned to have a separate partition for /home but found a .keep in the directory /mnt/gentoo/home after creating the partition. So I skipped mounting that partition, hoping I can do it later. It should be simple and helpful to point out the meaning of the .keep file. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Read the Handbook 2. Insert minimal live cd in PC 3. Follow instructions in the Handbook Actual Results: Puzzled when encountering .keep file. Expected Results: Give example with several partitions, provide more details.
The .keep is something Portage places to make sure it doesn't delete the directory when it finds out it's empty. I don't know if .keep is still needed by Portage (could be a remnant) but you shouldn't be scared by this file. Actually, during the installation of Gentoo you shouldn't notice this (unless you do a listing of the directory contents). I don't think it is necessary to explain .keep as it's not relevant and I want to keep the first chapter of the Gentoo Handbook about installation-related aspects only.
