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Some way to install gentoo easily?...

Hi there!

Is there a way to install Gentoo easily?

tia!

Not really, no. You could try Sabayon, Calculate, or Toorox. Calculate is probably closest to using Gentoo, after doing a binary, GUI installation. Emerge to your hearts content, after that.

Having said this, the Gentoo documentation is very thorough, you should just go for it. And they are surprisingly helpful to noobs at the forum. SystemRescueCD is a good way to install Gentoo.

Yes, of course!

Here is the Gentoo "Quick Install Guide":

https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo...ickinstall.xml

If you are new to Gentoo it is strongly recommended that you follow the handbook and learn how to install and maintain Gentoo.
If you know those things already, the Gentoo installation is pretty straight forward and should be easy to do in a script.

what bout this 'script' ?

Code:

Hi :)

Basically you need to:



    boot your computer with Gentoo Minimal Install CD

    create a profile

    download the script and start it.



Let me explain in detail:



1) Download a Gentoo Minimal Install CD from one of these locations:



for 32bit : ftp://mirrors.linuxant.fr/distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/current-iso/install-x86-minimal-20140415.iso

for 64bit : ftp://mirrors.linuxant.fr/distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/amd64/current-iso/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso



2) Burn your downloaded iso file to a blank CD

3) Boot your computer using that CD

--- Wait untill everything finishes and you see the console ---

4) Execute this command to open an empty profile:

nano profile

5) Fill this file with your own choices:



--- !!! read this for all possible profile settings : https://github.com/shdcn/easygentoo/blob/master/profile !!! ---



An example profile looks like this:



keymap us



boot sda1 Boot

swap sda2 Swap



home sda3 Home xfs



root sda4 Root ext4

extra sda7 Temp reiserfs /var/tmp



extra sda8 Portage xfs /usr/portage

arch i686



grub            sda

type laptop



setup normal

domainname      venus

hostname        twister

rootpass Tbr3Va

username tiny



userpass kv693eRx

autonet no



blimit          625



It means that:



we want to use us keyboard layout



/dev/sda1 is our /boot partition



/dev/sda2 is our swap partition

/dev/sda3 is our /home partition and we want to use xfs filesystem for this partition

/dev/sda4 is our /root partition and we want to use ext4 filesystem for this partition



/dev/sda7 is our /var/tmp partition and we want to use reiserfs filesystem for this partition



/dev/sda8 is our /usr/portage partition and we want to use xfs filesystem for this partition



we want to install 32 bit Gentoo (i686)



we want to install grub to MBR of our harddisk (sda)



we are using this script on a laptop



we want to install a normal desktop system with Xfce Desktop Environment



our domainname is venus



our hostname is twister



we want to create a user called tiny



we want user tiny to have kv693eRx as it's password



we want to set root password to Tbr3Va



we want script to try reconnecting when we experience disconnections



we want to limit the download speed of this Gentoo installation to 625 KB/s



6) Save and close profile (press Ctrl + X, press Y, press Enter)



7) Download Easy Gentoo using this command:



wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shdcn/easygentoo/master/easygentoo



8) Make the script executable with this command:



chmod +x easygentoo



9) Start script with this command:



./easygentoo



That is all you need to do to start Easy Gentoo. It may look a little complicated but it is easier than it sounds. Hope these are the ansewrs you were looking for.

Feel free to write again when you have any problems. Have fun :)

worth it?

That would be the instructions for the script, not the actual script. Get the script, follow the instructions, and see what happens!

I'd say if all Handbook commands make sense to you then you are good. If you have to follow blindly ... trouble ahead.

The only supported method to install Gentoo is the handbook.

Let me put it simple: if you are not willing to read and follow the handbook you won't be able to deal with Gentoo day to day maintenance.

Hi!

and if I want to try it with ZFS filesystem...how to mount ZFS? make zfs.fs??

tia!

ps excellent this link: http://blog.kasunbg.org/2012/02/inst...om-livecd.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by gor0 (Post 5183248)

...no one???...

No one about what? Use whatever file system you want, Gentoo will not choose it for you.

How to install Gentoo with ZFS ?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gor0 (Post 5183281)

How to install Gentoo with ZFS ?

It's simple, install Gentoo with ZFS.

Have you even looked at installation Handbook?

First thing you will need is a cd with zfs support.

Then just follow the handbook and when it comes the time to partition use zfs.