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<author title="Author">Chris Houser</author>
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<author title="Author">Chris Houser</author>
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<author title="Author"><mail link="jerry@gentoo.org">Jerry Alexandratos</mail></author>
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<author title="Author"><mail link="jerry@gentoo.org">Jerry Alexandratos</mail></author>
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<author title="Ghost"><mail link="g2boojum@gentoo.org">Grant Goodyear</mail></author>
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<author title="Ghost"><mail link="g2boojum@gentoo.org">Grant Goodyear</mail></author>
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<author title="Editor">Eric Stockbridge</author>
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<abstract>These instructions step you through the process of installing Gentoo
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<abstract>These instructions step you through the process of installing Gentoo
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Linux 1.2.  The Gentoo Linux installation process supports various installation
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Linux 1.2.  The Gentoo Linux installation process supports various installation
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for you.  There is no reason for you to bootstrap again, unless you decided to
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for you.  There is no reason for you to bootstrap again, unless you decided to
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do an <c>emerge rsync</c> and want to ensure that you have an up-to-the-minute
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do an <c>emerge rsync</c> and want to ensure that you have an up-to-the-minute
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current Gentoo Linux system.  Most people using stage2 or stage3 tarballs will
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current Gentoo Linux system.  Most people using stage2 or stage3 tarballs will
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<i>not</i> want to bootstrap again, since it can take up to an hour even on
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<i>not</i> want to bootstrap again, since it can take over two hours even on
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very fast machines.</impo>
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very fast machines.</impo>
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<p>Now that you have a working copy of the Portage tree, people using stage1 to
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<p>Now that you have a working copy of the Portage tree, people using stage1 to
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in /etc/make.conf (to turn off the <c>foo</c> USE setting.)
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in /etc/make.conf (to turn off the <c>foo</c> USE setting.)
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</note>
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</note>
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<p>Now, it's time to start the "bootstrap" process.  This process will last 1-2 hours depending on 
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<p>Now, it's time to start the "bootstrap" process.  This process will last 1-2 hours depending on 
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how zippy your machine is; it takes about an hour on my 900Mhz AMD Athlon system.  During this
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how zippy your machine is; it takes about an hour and a half on my 1200Mhz AMD Athlon system.  During 
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time, the extracted build image will be prepped for compiling the rest of the system.  The GNU
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this time, the extracted build image will be prepped for compiling the rest of the system.  The GNU
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compiler suite will be built, as well as the GNU C library.  These are time consuming builds and
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compiler suite will be built, as well as the GNU C library.  These are time consuming builds and
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make up the bulk of the bootstrap process:</p>
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make up the bulk of the bootstrap process:</p>
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<pre>
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<pre>

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