printed Gentoo Handbook Installation Instructions

sethgeekx86 · n00b Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 4

I looking for some were that i can get printed Gentoo Handbook Installation Instructions.
any ideas

slycordinator · Advocate Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 3065 Location: Korea

You can't. They decided to go with the online version because it doesn't take long for the printed ones to be out-of-date and wrong. Like the old x86-install directions that were sent with each of the 1.4 version CDs are now incorrect on some things here and there.

You could just do what I did. Use a floppy disk and save text files of each chapter of the guide. Assuming you can remember the first few steps (fdisk'ing up to chrooting) you could just mount the floppy and use nano to read the text.

Or you could install through a knoppix CD and that way you'll have direct access to the directions since it's a full-functioning desktop.

stormcrowley · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject:

If you have a broadband connection that's easily configurable, after you boot from the LiveCD and set the root password, press alt+f2 to go into a new virtual terminal, log in as root with the password you specified, and type

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 3:17 pm Post subject:

Godfather · n00b Joined: 21 Mar 2004 Posts: 17 Location: Canada

well a couple friends of mine suggested printing it. Now lets face it, even if its font size 8, its still going to be a LOT of pages. I cant afford to print so many. And because i'm new, i don't rly know everything on what to do.

What do you think is best to do in my scenario?
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monkey89 · Guru Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 596

Godfather, I would either write down the essential steps needed (since if you read the handbook before installing, you should know exactly what you are going to do), or have the handbook available in another console like stormcrowley suggested.

-Monkey89

slycordinator · Advocate Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 3065 Location: Korea

guram · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 55

Here:

http://dev.gentoo.org/~plasmaroo/handbook-test/

It's beyond my understanding why it's not on the front page, that's the best resource about Gentoo installation, especially this one:

slycordinator · Advocate Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 3065 Location: Korea

Those directions were the DRAFT for the real directions. They're out of date. For instance, the directions in the section for installing using knoppix work with old versions not the current versions of knoppix.

Would be nice if there was a PDF version like that of the current directions though.

CrashPat · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 97

I used the multiple consoles and links approach the first time that I installed. I would prefer to just have the instructions on another computer but I only have one computer right now, which is wierd, I used to have 4.

guram · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2004 Posts: 55