On 5/13/05, THUFIR HAWAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/14/05, Mark Knecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [..] > > Thufir, > > I think the point you may be missing here is that there is > > NOTHING graphical about the Gentoo installation. It is nothing > > more than a very carefully crafted set of text commands. > [..] > > ah, thanks for clarifying that. I just burned and booted the > complete-cd, looks good.
You're welcome. I hesitate to proceed before I understand > how Gentoo handles partitions, however. will it bring up a list of > partitions similar to: > > 1 FAT32 > 2 ext3 > > and then I enter "1" to format the first partition, and then similarly > select "1" install gentoo onto just the one partition? > Thufir, I hesitate to be forward here but I think it's pretty clear that you have not read the Gentoo install instructions. You really need to do that before you even think about proceeding with a real install. The instructions are located here: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml The Gentoo install does not 'bring up' anything. You will boot the CD and be presented with nothing but a command line. It is from that command line that you follow the instructions on the above linked page. The first step is 'date', the second step is 'modprobe' and on you go. You cannot execute this install without having a basic understanding of what these commands are doing and what you want the configuration of the machine should be. The answer to your specific question is that you will run fdisk, you will create the partitions you want at the size you want with the file system type you want. There is no set size. there is no script to make it happen. It comes out exactly as you create it. You want FAT? You make FAT. (At your own risk!) You want ext2 or reiserfs-4 or whatever, you make it. you place it on the disk where you want it, you format it, everything is done by hand. You are in control. This is good, but it takes some thinking and some planning. You will get good help here, but your next step is to read the install instructions and ask questions about what they say. that is your next step.....not putting the CD in the drive and saying 'install please!'. Have a good read and come back with questions. cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
