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I can't give away all of everything with this - so you will have to either know what you are doing, or ask questions.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!! I will not be responsible if you lose all of your data because you didn't backup anything you might need first!! "skimpydog-gentoo" is a custom build of Gentoo Linux (as are all customizable), and you may have a copy of it as well. The installation is as easy as: 0: Boot to Gentoo Live CD (or what ever linux distro - even a live system - Just be careful during the partitioning) 1: Create your partitions (<swap>, /boot, /, [whatever else you may need]). -- or however your computer is setup 2: Download the image (Located in the downloads, you can wget it if you know the url [You have to login first to view the downloads]). There are several large files that need to be downloaded (the last one is smaller). Then merge these into one large file: 3: Extract image to "/" 4: Install Grub While you are booted to to gentoo Live CD:: Set your hostname: Setup Networking: Setup Video -- This part can be tricky if you are not familiar with xorg, and related drivers & config files. There are basically 2 parts to this, or more required to get your Video Hardware Acceleration working (even if you are just running the x11 drivers, not the proprietary drivers) First, look at the available options (what's currently built in): If you don't see what you need listed, whereas you are running a totally different video card, or would like to use proprietary drivers (such as for a dual head card to keep hardware acceleration across both screens), then you will need to build these in, and edit the config files for xorg appropriately. Then to set the opengl option: The Last thing that will need to be done is to make sure your /etc/X11/xorg.conf is configured properly for your Graphics Options as well. - With skimpydog-gentoo I have built up a couple xorg.conf.*'s (located at /etc/X11/) as examples for using Intel, and nVidia cards with single and Dual Head. Boot!! This is full blown with compiz, MythTV, and other bells and whistles. Great for a laptop as there are many wifi tools already built in (as this was originally built on my notebook). When you first login, use the username and password of root p4ssw0rd!, you can change this once booted into the OS with: To create a user, once booted or chrooted, run the script: -- this is a simple bash, and perl script that will grab the contents of "/etc/skel" while it creates the user. When you login with this user under X, it will default boot into gnome. Since this has framebuffer support built in, you may want to reference the "/root/howto_rebuild_kernel-2.6.30-gentoo-r8" as reference, as well as using the .config with the kernel, by utilizing --oldconfig so you can keep relatively the same build making changes as necessary. The default kernel is built for a P4, and is easily changed for other architectures as well. I have the packages built around an Intel based ChipSet, with Intel Video utilizing the XFree86 drivers. |
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Posted on: 2009/10/29 17:37
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INSTALLER:
So this is an installer I have been working on, and I'm sure I can add more, and prolly fix a few bugs as I'm sure they exist as the more times I install this, I see more functionality that can be added, so please bear with me and I'll add functionality as time goes. It's a simple bash script that can be run from a USB drive, or built onto a CD. I personally use a debian live USB gParted which I had to rebuild for tar.bz2 support, and I can use this to help tend to some of the installation. This also helps me keep my place in case I forget what I'm doing for about 10 seconds: Create the script: It should contain the following, and it may be modified to fit your needs: Execute the script: |
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Posted on: 2009/12/29 19:46
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Assuming you are using skimpydog-gentoo, or not but you are using gentoo, and you replace your NIC, or copy your existing OS to another computer, and you notice the NIC now has the name of "eth1", or "eth2" or even a higher number; but you want your NIC to be "eth0" as it is the only NIC.
As stated after compiling udev: |
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Posted on: 2010/5/15 19:27
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