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<title>Pre-installation Configuration</title> |
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<title>Pre-installation Configuration</title> |
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<title>Optional: Manual Network Configuration</title> |
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<title>Optional: manual network configuration</title> |
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In the next section, you are required to configure your network. The Installer |
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In the next section, you are required to configure your network. The Installer |
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should have already detected and set up your network for you, but if it didn't, |
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should have already detected and set up your network for you, but if it didn't, |
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you can manually configure your network. On the <e>Misc.</e> tab, you can optionally |
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you can manually configure your network. On the <c>Misc.</c> tab, you can optionally |
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log the installation process by specifying a logfile location. |
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log the installation process by specifying a logfile location. |
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<title>Optional: Remote Installation</title> |
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<title>Optional: remote installation</title> |
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<title>Optional: Load Additional Kernel Modules</title> |
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<title>Optional: load additional kernel modules</title> |
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Do not change the <e>Install mode</e> selection to anything besides |
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Do not change the <c>Install mode</c> selection to anything besides |
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<b>Normal</b>. This feature is still experimental and changing it will leave you |
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<c>Normal</c>. This feature is still experimental and changing it will leave you |
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with an unbootable system! |
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with an unbootable system! |
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In order to install Gentoo on your machine, you will need to prepare your |
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In order to install Gentoo on your machine, you will need to prepare your |
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disks. The <e>Partitioning</e> screen will show you a list of detected disks and |
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disks. The <c>Partitioning</c> screen will show you a list of detected disks and |
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allow you to specify the filesystems you would like to have on your |
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allow you to specify the filesystems you would like to have on your |
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partitions. Clicking <c>Clear partitions</c> will erase all previous partitions on |
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partitions. Clicking <c>Clear partitions</c> will erase all previous partitions on |
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your disk, so be careful with this option! It is also possible to resize |
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your disk, so be careful with this option! It is also possible to resize |
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Since you are performing an installation <e>without</e> an internet |
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connection, you <b>must</b> check <e>GRP Install</e> as well as <e>Dynamic</e> |
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connection, you <e>must</e> check <c>GRP Install</c> as well as <c>Dynamic</c> |
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from the options present. Everything you need to build your system will |
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from the options present. Everything you need to build your system will |
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then be generated from the files on the LiveCD. |
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then be generated from the files on the LiveCD. |
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You must choose <e>Snapshot</e> on this screen. The installer will automatically |
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install a Portage tree from the LiveCD once you select <e>Snapshot</e>; you do not |
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install a Portage tree from the LiveCD once you select <c>Snapshot</c>; you do not |
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need to specify a snapshot URI. |
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You should, however, select your processor type in the <e>CFLAGS</e> section along |
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You should, however, select your processor type in the <c>CFLAGS</c> section along |
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with any custom optimizations you may want, such as <c>-O2</c> and |
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with any custom optimizations you may want, such as <c>-O2</c> and |
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Any other options you wish to set for future use should be selected now. <e>Use |
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unstable (~arch)</e> will allow you to use packages from the unstable branch of |
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unstable (~arch)</c> will allow you to use packages from the unstable branch of |
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the Portage tree. <e>Build binary packages</e> creates ready-to-install binary |
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the Portage tree. <c>Build binary packages</c> creates ready-to-install binary |
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tarballs of all packages you compile on your system. <e>DistCC</e> allows you to |
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tarballs of all packages you compile on your system. <c>DistCC</c> allows you to |
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share the burden of compiling with another computer via your network |
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share the burden of compiling with another computer via your network |
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connection.<e>ccache</e> saves compiled code for later use, and thus can greatly |
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connection.<c>ccache</c> saves compiled code for later use, and thus can greatly |
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speed up compilation time if you re-install the same package. |
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speed up compilation time if you re-install the same package. |
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You will not be allowed to change your <e>CHOST</e>, as this can seriously damage |
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You will not be allowed to change your <c>CHOST</c>, as this can seriously damage |
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your installation. In <e>MAKEOPTS</e> you define how many parallel compilations |
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your installation. In <c>MAKEOPTS</c> you define how many parallel compilations |
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should occur when you install a package. A good choice is the number of CPUs |
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should occur when you install a package. A good choice is the number of CPUs |
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in your system plus one, but this guideline isn't always perfect. On a |
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in your system plus one, but this guideline isn't always perfect. On a |
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uniprocessor system, <c>-j2</c> might be used. |
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If you want to have a nifty background image during system boot, select the |
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<e>Enable bootsplash</e> option. |
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You may specify which disk to boot from by choosing the appropriate option |
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from <e>Boot Drive</e>. In Linux, the first IDE disk in your system is called |
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from <c>Boot Drive</c>. In Linux, the first IDE disk in your system is called |
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<c>hda</c>, the second IDE disk is <c>hdb</c>, and so on. If you have SATA or |
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<c>hda</c>, the second IDE disk is <c>hdb</c>, and so on. If you have SATA or |
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SCSI disks, they will be called <c>sda</c>, <c>sdb</c>, etc. Please make the |
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SCSI disks, they will be called <c>sda</c>, <c>sdb</c>, etc. Please make the |
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hostname for your machine. You may also specify proxy server and DNS settings |
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hostname for your machine. You may also specify proxy server and DNS settings |
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