about to install gentoo beta 2

**myusername** · May 28th, 2008

anything i should know? i dont think my wireless is gonna work during the install

**ghindo** · May 28th, 2008

Just know that you're going to be kicking back watching things compile for a while.

**myusername** · May 28th, 2008

awesome </sarcasm> is it hard or just tedious?

**ubersolid** · May 28th, 2008

It's not very difficult to install at all,just time consuming. I recommend following this guide:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-...ickinstall.xml

I used that guide setting up my server at home.
Daniel Robbins has some stages too that I like to use:
http://www.funtoo.org/linux/

Happy compiling!

**Raven_Oscar** · May 28th, 2008

myusername
Well I'm going to try gentoo too. After brief reading of Gentoo Handbook I can say just one thing. It is going to be a little harder (but not to much) and a little bit longer than debian or ubuntu installation. The only thing I can recommend is to read Handbook before installation.

**regomodo** · May 28th, 2008

Originally Posted by Raven_Oscar

myusername
Well I'm going to try gentoo too. After brief reading of Gentoo Handbook I can say just one thing. It is going to be a little harder (but not to much) and a little bit longer than debian or ubuntu installation. The only thing I can recommend is to read Handbook before installation.

I think you are underestimating the time/difficulty required, or both. Don't give up after the first few failures is all i can say.

**trimeta** · May 29th, 2008

If everything works fine, it's just long; for a first install, I'd recommend using genkernel, unless you have experience compiling kernels.

**trigggl** · May 29th, 2008

If you're worried about stability, I'm running 2008 beta 2 on my IBM PowerPC and it's doing just fine. Just do the minimal install you need to get it booting and then make sure you've got ccache installed and working. I've got 3 identical boxes, so my installations are sped up some by distcc. Once you've got all your chosen features set up like ccache and distcc(if you have more than one machine), then do your updates and continue the install.

I've experienced very few dependency problems and most of those were very easy to fix.

The main thing to keep in mind is that it's going to take a while and tie up the machine. Once I get my machines to where I can ssh to them, I do the rest from my main PC.

**LinuxGuy1234** · June 14th, 2008

I have Gentoo. I followed the guide to install it. Here's what you do:
1. sudo mkdir /mnt/gentoo
2. mount /dev/<device> /mnt/gentoo; sudo wget -P /mnt/gentoo <URL to stage3>; cd /mnt/gentoo; tar xvjpf stage<TAB>; sudo chroot . bash
3. env-update; source /etc/profile
4. Review files and modify them.
5. emerge stuff needed.