[wellylug] Gentoo - how do you install it?

[Ian Sterling]

pffffft!  Gentoo's EZ to install if you can read and follow
directions.  No, really.  It's not that difficult...

...Okay, so I have most of the Gentoo installation memorised already
after doing it so many times and whatnot.

Granted, it only took me two tries for the chrooting before I was able
to get it installed. That was the hardest concept for me to grasp. 
Everything else came pretty much naturally.  I wouldn't recommend it
for a linux n00b, but anybody who's been using linux for a year should
have zero problem.  If you've ever compiled your own kernel, you
should be right at home with Gentoo.

--Ian...

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:14:38 +1300 (NZDT), Jamie Dobbs
<jamie.dobbs at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> 
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