Some way to install gentoo easily?...

gor0 · 07-23-2014, 08:20 PM

I am going to give a spin on gentoo...

so...

I do not want to screw my boot that is syslinux...

can I avoid grub install on Gentoo's install?

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: FACC438B-DB4A-418F-9C72-6CFBE0E6D5E6

Device           Start          End   Size Type
/dev/sda1         2048      2099199     1G EFI System
/dev/sda2      2099200     22579199   9.8G Linux filesystem

gor0 · 07-23-2014, 08:40 PM

Code:

# gdisk /dev/sda 
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.10

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help): p
Disk /dev/sda: 625142448 sectors, 298.1 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): FACC438B-DB4A-418F-9C72-6CFBE0E6D5E6
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 625142414
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 602565229 sectors (287.3 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048         2099199   1024.0 MiB  EF00  
   2         2099200        22579199   9.8 GiB     8300

gor0 · 07-24-2014, 09:09 AM

...bump...

gor0 · 07-24-2014, 12:27 PM

brianL · 07-24-2014, 12:48 PM

One way:
Sabayon

gor0 · 07-24-2014, 10:22 PM

NOpe!

zapayon is a HOG distro(extremally heavy and bloated)

Neither seems to be a fork of Gentoo!

I tested some time ago...

TobiSGD · 07-25-2014, 01:32 AM

Sabayon is indeed a fork of Gentoo, though they use systemd by default, instead of OpenRC.
If you want to give Gentoo a try without handling partitions and bootloaders I would recommend to try it in a VM.

P.S.: LQ is an international forum with members living in different timezones. Wait at least a day before bumping a thread.

gor0 · 07-25-2014, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TobiSGD

If you want to give Gentoo a try without handling partitions and bootloaders I would recommend to try it in a VM

I just asked if it is necessary to install bootloader on installation or can I skip that step,and later add it the gentoo entry to syslinux bootloader(ARCH):

Code:

Configuring the Bootloader

Emerge grub and configure it. Do not forget to update the necessary boot parameters if you are using an initramfs.

Code Listing 2.29: Emerge grub and edit its configuration file

livecd conf.d # time emerge grub

real  1m4.634s
user  0m39.460s
sys   0m15.280s
livecd conf.d # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

Code Listing 2.30: Example grub.conf

default 0
timeout 10

title Gentoo
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/sda3
initrd /boot/initramfs # Only when initramfs is needed like with separate /usr partition

Code Listing 2.31: Install grub

livecd conf.d # grub
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd

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)"...  16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
 Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/
grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done.

grub> quit

TobiSGD · 07-25-2014, 05:43 PM

You can of course use different bootloaders from other installations.

jefro · 07-25-2014, 09:27 PM

I like Gentoo. If you think it is hard now, you should have seen it about 10 years ago. It took/still takes a while to create a finely tuned OS.

gor0 · 09-04-2014, 09:17 PM

http://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml

IRON PENGUIN ed

wanna try ???

ReaperX7 · 09-08-2014, 05:30 AM

ZFS is tricky to get working. I've tried building systems with it and failed myself. It's not easy. Even Grub2 still has issues with it even if you use legacy mountpoint and a /boot partition. In short, unless your using it for long-term storage such as for datacenter usage, ZFS is problematic. ZFS-Root usage is not recommended.

JFS is still a safe choice, and I'd recommend you stick with it.

Germany_chris · 09-17-2014, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gor0

http://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml

IRON PENGUIN ed

wanna try ???

If that is like all other live Gentoo DVD's it's simply a way to boot your computer so you can manually install. Am I missing something?

hendrickxm · 12-15-2014, 12:11 PM

There are no GUI installers on any current gentoo livedvd's.
Calculate is pretty close to gentoo, there is also pentoo, that has an installer.
Boot with pentoo, dhcpcd eth0, emerge pentoo-installer and run it. Very similar to archlinux installer.

There is also toorox, it has an installer. The isos are quite old though, so updating your old system will be a challenge.

rokytnji · 12-15-2014, 05:27 PM

Just a LQ blog away

Quote:

exGENT 32 bit (Gentoo) with LXDE using kernel 3.16.5-gentoo-exton