How to Install Linux Gentoo 12.1 64-bit KDE4 Desktop From LiveDVD to Hard-Drive Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide shows you How to Install Easy-Way for Linux Gentoo 2012.1 Amd64 KDE4 Desktop to Hard-Drive from the LiveDVD Hybrid x86-amd64 Release.

And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.

The content and details are expressly reduced to give Focus only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tut Easier to Understand ;)

1. Download Gentoo 12.1 x86-amd64:

   Here Gentoo 12.1 Hybrid Release

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2. Boot from Gentoo 12.1 Hybrid LiveDVD

3. Disk Partitioning.

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   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

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   parted /dev/sda

   (parted)

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   mklabel msdos

   Making an extf2 /boot Partition of 256mb
   (parted)

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   mkpart primary ext2 0 256mb

   When Prompted About Partition Allignment Just Answer ‘i’ for Ignore.

   Creating a Swap Partition of 1Gb
   (parted)

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   mkpart primary linux-swap 256mb 1276mb

   Making an ext3 Root Partition the Rest of Disk
   (parted)

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   mkpart primary ext3 1276mb -1s

   Then Quit parted:

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   quit

4. Applying File Systems to Partitions

   Apply the extf2 File System to /boot Partition.

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   mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1

   Create and Activate the Swap.

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   mkswap /dev/sda2

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   swapon /dev/sda2

   Apply the extf3 File System to /Root Partition.

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   mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda3

   After the Partitions are Rightly Initialized and Housing a File System :)

5. Mounting Base Partitions

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   mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo

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   mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot

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   mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot

6. Copy LiveDVD to Hard-Drive

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   eval `grep '^ROOT_' /usr/share/genkernel/defaults/initrd.defaults`

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   cd /

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   cp -avx /$ROOT_LINKS /mnt/gentoo

   If you Get a Warning About emule Missing Just Ignore and Follow to Next Step :)

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   cp -avx /$ROOT_TREES /mnt/gentoo

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   cp /etc/passwd /etc/group /mnt/gentoo/etc

7. Mounting File Systems and Entering the New Environment

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mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo/dev

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cd /mnt/gentoo/dev

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mknod -m 660 console c 5 1

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mknod -m 660 null c 1 3

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mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

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mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev

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mkdir /mnt/gentoo/sys

Now is Time to Entering the New Environment :)

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chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash

If for some Reason you Need to Come Back to the Original Environement Execute ‘exit’ or Type ‘Ctrl-d’…

Updating you New-Environment.

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env-update && source /etc/profile

Latest Remove the autoconfig from default boot to Keep Password Setting over Reboot.

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rc-update del autoconfig default

8. Configuring the fstab File

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   nano -w /etc/fstab

   Now if you Replicated the Partitioning Details you will Need to Insert:

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   /dev/sda1  /boot    ext2  defaults,noatime   1 2 
   /dev/sda2  none     swap  sw          0 0 
   /dev/sda3  /      ext3  noatime       0 1 
   /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom  auto  noauto,user     0 0 
   proc    /proc    proc  defaults       0 0 
   shm     /dev/shm   tmpfs  nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 
   

9. Copy Kernel and Initramfs into /boot Partition

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   mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom/

   Mount the LiveDVD into /mnt/cdrom.

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   mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/

   Copying the Kernel.

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   cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/gentoo64 /boot/kernel64

   Copying the Initramfs.

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   cp /mnt/cdrom/boot/gentoo64.igz /boot/initramfs64

10. Configuring and Installing GRUB

    Make the grub Configuration File.

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    nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf

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    default 0 
    timeout 31 
    title Gentoo Linux Amd64     
    root (hd0,0) 
    kernel /boot/kernel64 real_root=/dev/sda3 /ninitrd /boot/initramfs64 
    

    Grub Set-Up.

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    grub

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    grub> root (hd0,0)

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    grub> setup (hd0)

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    grub> quit

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12. Finally, you Can Boot Into Linux Gentoo 12.1 KDE4 Desktop :)