Installing Gentoo On An Ibook G4                -*- outline -*-
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Author: William Xu <william.xwl@gmail.com>
Last updated: 2007/08/30 17:50:13

* prepare partitions

  # mac-fdisk /dev/hda
  i(clear whole table), b(bootstrap), c(swap), c(root)

  # mkswap /dev/hda3
  # swapon /dev/hda3
  # mkfs.reiserfs /dev/hda4
  
* install stages & portage

  # mount /dev/hda4 /mnt/gentoo
  # tar jxfpv /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-g4-* -C /mnt/gentoo
  # tar jxfv /mnt/cdrom/snapshot/portage-* -C /mnt/gentoo/usr

* edit /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

* chroot into /mnt/gentoo

  # mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
  # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev


  # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash

  # env-update	# (update env inside the chrooted system)
  # source /etc/profile

  # emerge --metadata 	# (portage cache)

[The following steps assumes you are in the chrooted system]

* edit /etc/conf.d/timezone
* edit /etc/fstab
* compile & install kernel

* network

   /etc/conf.d/hostname
   /etc/conf.d/net

   # rc-update add net.eth0 default

* account setup (including root password setup)

* install bootloader (yaboot for ppc)

  # exit # (exit from chrooted system)
  # yabootconfig --chroot /mnt/gentoo
  (chroot into /mnt/gentoo and verify /etc/yaboot.conf is correct)

Now, rebooting!