Pre-installation Configuration

Pre-installation Configuration -Optional: Manual Network Configuration +Optional: manual network configuration

In the next section, you are required to configure your network. The Installer should have already detected and set up your network for you, but if it didn't, -you can manually configure your network. On the Misc. tab, you can optionally +you can manually configure your network. On the Misc. tab, you can optionally log the installation process by specifying a logfile location.

-Optional: Remote Installation +Optional: remote installation

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-Do not change the Install mode selection to anything besides -Normal. This feature is still experimental and changing it will leave you +Do not change the Install mode selection to anything besides +Normal. This feature is still experimental and changing it will leave you with an unbootable system! @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@

In order to install Gentoo on your machine, you will need to prepare your -disks. The Partitioning screen will show you a list of detected disks and +disks. The Partitioning screen will show you a list of detected disks and allow you to specify the filesystems you would like to have on your partitions. Clicking Clear partitions will erase all previous partitions on your disk, so be careful with this option! It is also possible to resize @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@

Since you are performing an installation without an internet -connection, you must check GRP Install as well as Dynamic +connection, you must check GRP Install as well as Dynamic from the options present. Everything you need to build your system will then be generated from the files on the LiveCD.

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-You must choose Snapshot on this screen. The installer will automatically -install a Portage tree from the LiveCD once you select Snapshot; you do not +You must choose Snapshot on this screen. The installer will automatically +install a Portage tree from the LiveCD once you select Snapshot; you do not need to specify a snapshot URI.

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-You should, however, select your processor type in the CFLAGS section along +You should, however, select your processor type in the CFLAGS section along with any custom optimizations you may want, such as -O2 and -pipe.

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-Any other options you wish to set for future use should be selected now. Use -unstable (~arch) will allow you to use packages from the unstable branch of -the Portage tree. Build binary packages creates ready-to-install binary -tarballs of all packages you compile on your system. DistCC allows you to +Any other options you wish to set for future use should be selected now. Use +unstable (~arch) will allow you to use packages from the unstable branch of +the Portage tree. Build binary packages creates ready-to-install binary +tarballs of all packages you compile on your system. DistCC allows you to share the burden of compiling with another computer via your network -connection.ccache saves compiled code for later use, and thus can greatly +connection.ccache saves compiled code for later use, and thus can greatly speed up compilation time if you re-install the same package.

-You will not be allowed to change your CHOST, as this can seriously damage -your installation. In MAKEOPTS you define how many parallel compilations +You will not be allowed to change your CHOST, as this can seriously damage +your installation. In MAKEOPTS you define how many parallel compilations should occur when you install a package. A good choice is the number of CPUs in your system plus one, but this guideline isn't always perfect. On a uniprocessor system, -j2 might be used. @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@

If you want to have a nifty background image during system boot, select the -Enable bootsplash option. +Enable bootsplash option.

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You may specify which disk to boot from by choosing the appropriate option -from Boot Drive. In Linux, the first IDE disk in your system is called +from Boot Drive. In Linux, the first IDE disk in your system is called hda, the second IDE disk is hdb, and so on. If you have SATA or SCSI disks, they will be called sda, sdb, etc. Please make the correct selection for your system. @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@

-On the Hostname/Proxy Information/Other tab, you will need to choose a +On the Hostname/Proxy Information/Other tab, you will need to choose a hostname for your machine. You may also specify proxy server and DNS settings if needed.