Getting Started
Boot the machine with a Linux LiveCD (a live cd with GUI is better) and connect to network.
Partitioning the disk
Install Gentoo Linux on /dev/sda
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| printf "g\nn\n1\n\n+256M\nt\nuefi\nn\n2\n\n\nt\n2\nlinux\np\nw\n" | fdisk /dev/sda
sync
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| mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda2
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Mount filesystem
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| mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo/
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Download and unpack tarball
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| cd /mnt/gentoo
wget https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/gentoo/releases/amd64/autobuilds/20220911T170535Z/stage3-amd64-openrc-20220911T170535Z.tar.xz
tar xpvf stage3-*.tar.xz --xattrs-include='*.*' --numeric-owner
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Configuring compile options
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| sed -i 's/COMMON_FLAGS="-O2 -pipe"/COMMON_FLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe"/' /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf
echo MAKEOPTS="\"-j$(nproc)\"" >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf
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Set Gentoo mirror
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| echo 'GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/gentoo"' >> /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/make.conf
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| 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
sed -i 's/sync-uri = rsync:\/\/rsync.gentoo.org\/gentoo-portage/sync-uri = rsync:\/\/mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn\/gentoo-portage/' /mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
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Copy DNS info
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| cp --dereference /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
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Mount necessary filesystems
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| 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
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Entering the new environment
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| chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
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Mounting the boot partition
Installing a Gentoo ebuild repository snapshot from the web
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| emerge-webrsync
emerge --sync
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Choosing the right profile
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| eselect profile list
eselect profile set 1
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Updating the @world set
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| emerge --verbose --update --deep --newuse @world
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Accept all license
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| echo "ACCEPT_LICENSE=\"*\"" >> /etc/portage/make.conf
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Timezone
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| echo "Asia/Shanghai" > /etc/timezone
emerge --config sys-libs/timezone-data
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| echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
echo "zh_CN.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
locale-gen
eselect locale list
eselect locale set 4
env-update && source /etc/profile
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Installing the sources
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| emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
eselect kernel list
eselect kernel set 1
ls -l /usr/src/linux
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Kernel configuration and compilation
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| emerge sys-kernel/genkernel
echo "/dev/sda1 /boot vfat defaults 0 2" >> /etc/fstab
genkernel all
ls /boot/vmlinu* /boot/initramfs*
echo "/dev/sda2 / ext4 defaults 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
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Host and domain information
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| echo "hostname=\"hxp-server.hxp.plus\"" > /etc/conf.d/hostname
emerge --noreplace net-misc/netifrc
echo "config_ens192=\"dhcp\"" > /etc/conf.d/net
cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.ens192
rc-update add net.ens192 default
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Set root password
System logger
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| emerge app-admin/sysklogd
rc-update add sysklogd default
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Cron daemon
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| emerge sys-process/cronie
rc-update add cronie default
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File indexing
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| emerge sys-apps/mlocate
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Remote access
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| rc-update add sshd default
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| emerge sys-fs/e2fsprogs sys-fs/xfsprogs sys-fs/dosfstools
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Installing a DHCP client
Install GRUB2 boot loader
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| echo 'GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf
emerge sys-boot/grub:2
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
mkdir /boot/EFI/boot
cp /boot/EFI/gentoo/grubx64.efi /boot/EFI/boot/bootx64.efi
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Adding a user for daily use
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| useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash hxp
passwd hxp
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Rebooting the system
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cd
umount -l /mnt/gentoo/dev{/shm,/pts,}
umount -R /mnt/gentoo
reboot
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