Gentoo minimal/Livedvd

Algori · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2018 Posts: 41 Location: Leipzig

Hello Gentoo-com,

I dicided to switch to Gentoo from Ubuntu, because.. there are a lot of reasons.

1. I want to know, and controll, what my system is allowed and able to do
2. I dont't like these trash according to my system, like some kind of apps and stuff, i defintly don't need
3. I want to lern everything about. linux itself and according to my digital enviroment

first of all, I was excited about the start, doing it step by step, build the system.

I've got a problem, i don't have all possibilities, can't burn a cd, and don't have a internetconnection at home.

so i have to create a USB device, i did it by hybridiso, dd, and i was running Gentoo by boot USB, but i didn't want to have this graphic enviroment, and definitly don't want to be i change to must have a desktop, but i tried anyway, second later, i was on KDE, by did nothing, so i was blind, as i was by ubuntu.

Maybe i have to install it by a minimal cd,
is there an other possibility? options by running the gentoo live-usb?

I think, I read some about the minimal cd.iso will not running by UEFI so I can't run it by a USB Device,
could some of you draw my attention to a simple solution,

thanks a lot

truly yours

Laura

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:00 pm Post subject:

Algori,

Welcome to Gentoo.

Start with System Rescue CD on a bootable USB Stick.

You can install and maintain Gentoo using sneakernet.
Since I wrote that in 2006, /etc/make.conf has moved to /etc/portage/make.conf, the rest still looks OK.

-- edit --
That post is only the extra steps you need to make sneakernet work.
You still need to follow the handbook.
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Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

Maxxx · Guru Joined: 12 Jan 2016 Posts: 595 Location: Italia

You also can compile all system by another OS (like Ubuntu, for example) booted by UEFI.
I installed my Gentoo from Ubuntu booted in UEFI.

Algori · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2018 Posts: 41 Location: Leipzig

Hello, thank you!

what is the difference to the gentoo minimal livecd to system rescue cd?

there is no way to install the minimal cd to an usb-drive?

truly yours
algori

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:19 pm Post subject:

Algori · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2018 Posts: 41 Location: Leipzig

hello, i see.

the livedvd supports getting a root prompt by just invoking sudo su - or sudo -i in a terminal.

should work for me, right?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:06 pm Post subject:

Algori,

That works too but it may not support UEFI.
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Regards,

NeddySeagoon

Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail.

Algori · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2018 Posts: 41 Location: Leipzig

thank you Gentoo-humans!

i will try this at home, and tomorrow.
will see.

truly yours

algori

fungalnet · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2018 Posts: 14 Location: Namimbia

Do let us know how it went
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bandreabis · Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:04 pm Post subject: Re: it would have been nice

fungalnet · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2018 Posts: 14 Location: Namimbia

Do let us know how it went, not to, sorry for the typo
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ayeyes · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 03 Dec 2017 Posts: 104

When doing a chroot from SystemrescueCD do this: