[wellylug] Gentoo - how do you install it?

[Jamie Dobbs]

Read the 'install guide' on the CD, but be aware that Gentoo is not for
the faint of heart.

> i got an ageing laptop i'd like to try gentoo on.
> i went through gentoo.org, choose "Get Gentoo", found a list of mirrors
> and
> ended up at ftp://planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo/
>
> i downloaded and burned
> releases/x86/2004.2/livecd/install-x86-universal-2004.2.iso
>
> It boots, i choose the 'gentoo' keynal, and then it gives me a root
> command
> prompt - what next???
>
> this is all very scarey stuff for a mandrake user.
>
>
> --
> random quote:
> meeting, n.:
> 	An assembly of people coming together to decide what person or
> 	department not represented in the room must solve a problem.
>