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Hi all,

I wanted to share my recent success with you all. It has taken me almost three months of persistence and effort, but I have finally completed a fully functional Gentoo operating system on my laptop, complete with wireless networking.

I owe my success to the helpful and informative sources that I have found along the way. I would like to share these with you in case they can be of use to others who are embarking on a similar journey:

[Insert list of sources that you found helpful]

I hope that my experience can serve as encouragement for others who are struggling to set up their own Gentoo systems. :idea: Persistence and hard work do pay off in the end!

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handboo...allation/About
https://forums.gentoo.org/index.php
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/iwd

Here is the commands i have used maybe someone can take advantage of it.

Command history that i have used:

Code:



parted -a optimal /dev/sda



mklabel gpt



unit mib



mkpart primary 1 3



mkpart primary 3 131



mkpart primary 131 8100



mkpart primary 8100 -1



name 1 grub



name 2 boot



name 3 swap



name 4 rootfs



set 1 bios_grub on



set 2 boot on



quit



mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

mkfs.vfat /dev/sda2

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda4

mkswap /dev/sda3

swapon /dev/sda3



mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/gentoo

cd /mnt/gentoo

ls

links https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/



---http://gentoo.mirrors.tera-byte.com/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20230212T161657Z/



---stage3-amd64-openrc-20230212T161657Z.tar.xz  



tar xpvf stage3-amd64-openrc-20230212T161657Z.tar.xz --xattrs-include='*.*' --numeric-owner





nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf



COMMON_FLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"



mirrorselect -i -o >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf



mkdir --parents /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf



cp /mnt/gentoo/usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf







cp --dereference /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/







mount --types proc /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc

mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys

mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/sys

mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev

mount --make-rslave /mnt/gentoo/dev

mount --bind /run /mnt/gentoo/run

mount --make-slave /mnt/gentoo/run



chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash

source /etc/profile

export PS1="(chroot) ${PS1}"



emerge-webrsync



emerge --sync



emerge --sync --quiet



eselect profile list





eselect profile set 2



emerge --ask --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world







nano -w /etc/portage/make.conf



USE="-gtk -gnome qt5 kde dvd alsa cdr"



ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"







emerge --ask app-portage/cpuid2cpuflags



ls /usr/share/zoneinfo





echo "Europe/Brussels" > /etc/timezone



emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data





nano -w /etc/locale.gen



locale-gen



eselect locale list



eselect locale set 9





env-update && source /etc/profile && export PS1="(chroot) ${PS1}"





emerge --ask sys-kernel/linux-firmware



emerge --ask sys-kernel/gentoo-sources



eselect kernel list



eselect kernel set 1



emerge --ask sys-kernel/genkernel



genkernel all





nano /etc/fstab



/dev/sda2  /boot        vfat    defaults    0 2

/dev/sda3  none        swap    sw                  0 0

/dev/sda4  /            ext4    noatime              0 1



echo gentoo1 > /etc/hostname



emerge --ask net-misc/dhcpcd





rc-update add dhcpcd default

rc-service dhcpcd start





emerge --ask --noreplace net-misc/netifrc





nano /etc/conf.d/net





config_eth0="wlo1"





cd /etc/init.d

ln -s net.lo net.wlo1

rc-update add net.wlo1 default





nano /etc/hosts





# This defines the current system and must be set

127.0.0.1    tux.homenetwork tux localhost

  

# Optional definition of extra systems on the network

192.168.0.5  jenny.homenetwork jenny

192.168.0.6  benny.homenetwork benny





passwd



emerge --ask e2fsprogs



emerge --ask dosfstools



emerge --ask app-admin/sysklogd



rc-update add sysklogd default





emerge --ask net-misc/dhcpcd



emerge --ask net-wireless/iw net-wireless/wpa_supplicant



echo 'GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf



emerge --ask sys-boot/grub



emerge --ask --update --newuse --verbose sys-boot/grub:2



grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot





grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg



exit

cd

umount -l /mnt/gentoo/dev{/shm,/pts,}

umount -R /mnt/gentoo

reboot

remaining Milesones,

install desktop environment.