Installing gentoo via knoppix livecd on seth

Notes:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml

Step 1

Boot knoppix

Cheat codes are here:

http://www.confederatelinux.com/linux/cheatcodes_for_knoppix.htm

boot: knoppix failsafe

or

boot: knoppix vga=normal screen=640 atapicd

Go to Shell and su to root

$ su -
# usermod -d /root -m root
# exit (to pickup usermod change)
$ su -
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo

Start up SSH

# /etc/init.d/ssh start

Create a user to SSH in as:

# passwd knoppix

You can now SSH into seth. If you are returning to this install skip to Step 2.

Determine available partitions:

root@0[root]# fdisk /dev/hda

The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 3876.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1        1551    11725528+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hda2   *        1552        1585      257040   83  Linux
/dev/hda3            1586        1724     1050840   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda4            1725        3876    16269120    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5            1725        3876    16269088+  83  Linux

Command (m for help): q

Pick up from here:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4

Format filesystems:

# mke2fs -j /dev/hda5
# mke2fs -j /dev/hda2

Step 2:

Set the correct date

# date
# date MMDDhhmm

Turn on swap:

# swapon /dev/hda3

Mount filesystems:

# mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/gentoo
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc
# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

# cd /mnt/gentoo

If returning to this install skip to the appropriate step below depending on where you last left off. 
But make sure you perform Step 3 first.

Install from Internet:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5#doc_chap2

Select a mirror:

# lynx http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml

or just download the Stage 2 tarball:

# wget http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo/releases/x86/2004.1/stages/pentium3/stage2-pentium3-2004.1.tar.bz2

Unpack:

# tar -xvjpf stage?-*.tar.bz2

Installing Portage:

Continue to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5#compile_options

Edit /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf to taste. For seth it should be:

CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" 
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://open-systems.ufl.edu/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/gentoo/ ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/ftp://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/source http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo"
SYNC=rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage
RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
RSYNC_TIMEOUT=180
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CCACHE_SIZE="2G"
USE="-gtk -gnome qt kde ssl alsa X"

Copy over DNS information

# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf

Step 3 (do from console)

Chrooting into the new environment

# cd /mnt/gentoo
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
# source /etc/profile

Updating Portage

# emerge sync
(In case you are unable to use rsync, use "emerge-webrsync" which
downloads and installs a portage snapshot for you)
# emerge-webrsync

Progressing from Stage1 to Stage2

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap3

Downloading the necessary sources

# cd /usr/portage
# scripts/bootstrap.sh -f

After this step disconnect from SSH and continue on from the console.

Reestablish the chroot

# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
# source /etc/profile

Bootstrapping the System

# cd /usr/portage
# scripts/bootstrap.sh

Now go get some coffee or lunch.. this takes a while!

After this is done you can shutdown and reboot knoppix later starting at Step 1.

Progressing from Stage2 to Stage3

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_chap4

Make sure you stay connected to the Internet during this next step other wise use the command:

# emerge --fetchonly system

If the connection is broadband and will stay up use:

# emerge system

This will likely take hours or all night.

Configure the kernel

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7

Set the time zone

# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/EST5EDT /etc/localtime

Update the Module Tools

# emerge module-init-tools

Installing the Sources

I prefer the vanilla 2.6 kernel source so use

# emerge development-sources

Check the link

# ls -l /usr/src/linux
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 20 Jun  5 09:10 /usr/src/linux -> /usr/src/linux-2.6.6

Manual kernel configuration:

# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

Compile kernel (do from console):

# make && make modules_install

When the kernel is done compiling, copy over the kernel image to /boot:

# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.6-vanilla
# cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.6-vanilla

Create Initial RAMDisk

# emerge mkinitrd
# mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.6.img 2.6.6

It is also wise to copy over your kernel configuration file to /boot, just in case :)

# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.6-vanilla

Checking the created kernel image name and initrd

# ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd*

Configure modules

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=7#kernel_modules

Build vi (all you get to start with is nano)

# emerge vi

View all available modules

# find /lib/modules/2.6.6/ -type f -iname '*.o' -or -iname '*.ko'

Create file /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 with the following:

3c59x

Now run modules-update to commit your changes to the /etc/modules.conf file:

# modules-update

Configuring your System

# mv /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.install

Create /etc/fstab with the following lines:

/dev/hda5               /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
/dev/hda2               /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
/dev/hda1               /dos/c                  vfat    conv=binary     0 0
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/hda3               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660 noauto,user,kudzu,ro 0 0

Create the W98 mount point

# mkdir -p /dos/c

Mount them all

# mount -a

Network setup

# echo seth > /etc/hostname

Create file /etc/conf.d/net with the following line:

iface_eth0="dhcp"

Automatically Start Networking at Boot

# rc-update add net.eth0 default

Get PCMCIA Working

# USE="-X" emerge pcmcia-cs

# rc-update add pcmcia default

System Information

# cp /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.install

Edit /etc/rc.conf and umcomment out the following lines:

KEYMAP="us"

CLOCK="LOCAL"

EDITOR="/usr/bin/vim"

PROTOCOLS="1 2 3"

DISPLAYMANAGER="kdm"

XSESSION="kde-3.0.2"

Configuring the Bootloader

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=9

Build grub

# emerge grub

Install grub:

# grub --no-floppy

grub> root (hd0,1)

Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)

Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"...  22 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+22 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"
... succeeded
Done.

grub> quit    

Create the file /boot/grub/grub.conf with the following:

# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
#boot=/dev/hda
# Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc.
default 0
# How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted.
timeout 30
# Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :)
# Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.6
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
        root (hd0,1)
        kernel /kernel-2.6.6-vanilla root=/dev/hda5
        initrd /initrd-2.6.6.img

# The next three lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system.
# In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6.
title=Windows 98
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

Installing system tools:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10

Syslog

# emerge syslog-ng
# rc-update add syslog-ng default

Crontab

# emerge vixie-cron
# rc-update add vixie-cron default

Finalizing your Gentoo Installation

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=11

Install ksh

# emerge ksh

Before you forget, set the root password 

# passwd

Add my login

# useradd kinscoe -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/pdksh
# passwd kinscoe

Rebooting the system (from console)

# exit
# cd /
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo
# reboot