Quick install guide Funtoo Linux for you systemd haters.

Quick install guide Funtoo Linux for you systemd haters. - GNU/Linux

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	simon Offline \| 01-09-2012, 09:44 AM \| #1

I used crunchbang live cd to make it happen. You can use whatever you feel like.
first i downloaded stage-3 and portage to my home partition. from here
http://www.funtoo.org/wiki/Download

notes from my installation.

Code:
Create ext4 filesystem with labels 

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# mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2

# mkfs.ext4 -L root /dev/sda3

# mkfs.ext4 -L home /dev/sda4

Setting reserved blocks percentage

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# tune2fs -m 1 /dev/sda3

# tune2fs -m 0 /dev/sda4

Mount swap and other partitions

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# swapon /dev/sda2

# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo

# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/home

Check if the date is correct

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# date

Copy files and go to the installation directory

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# cp /mnt/home/simon/stage3-latest.tar.xz /mnt/gentoo

# cp /mnt/home/simon/portage-latest.tar.xz /mnt/gentoo

# cd /mnt/gentoo

Extract

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(DO NOT FORGET THE p IN tar xpf!)

# tar xpf stage3-amd64-2010.08.22.tar.xz

# tar xpf portage-latest.tar.xz -C usr/

Mount your home partition

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# umount /dev/sda4

# mount /dev/sda4 /mnt/gentoo/home 

Configure your compile options

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# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf

e.g. add for a quadcore processor to your make.conf

MAKEOPTS="-j5"

Chroot in your Funtoo install

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# cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/

# mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

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

# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash 

# env-update

# source /etc/profile

Activate portage for first usage

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# cd /usr/portage

# git checkout funtoo.org

# emerge --sync

Select a profile, I choose a desktop profile

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# eselect profile list

# eselect profile set 2

Configure your timezone (mine is the Netherlands)

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# ls /usr/share/zoneinfo

# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Stockholm /etc/localtime

Install a kernel. I use genkernel for convience

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# emerge gentoo-sources genkernel

Verify if /usr/src/linux is pointing to the right kernel

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# ls -l /usr/src/linux

Configure & compile the kernel

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# genkernel --menuconfig all

Edit the required config files

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# nano -w /etc/fstab

# nano -w /etc/conf.d/hostname

# nano -w /etc/rc.conf

# nano -w /etc/conf.d/keymaps

# nano -w /etc/conf.d/hwclock

Enable dhcp at boot

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# rc-update add dhcpcd default

Set a root password

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# passwd

Emerge neceserry system services and the grub bootloader. 

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# emerge syslog-ng vixie-cron grub boot-update

Enable syslog and cron

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# rc-update add syslog-ng default

# rc-update add vixie-cron default

Install grub

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# grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda

# boot-update

Add a user

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# useradd -m -G audio,cdrom,portage,usb,users,plugdev,video,wheel -s /bin/bash john

# passwd john

Remove portage snapshot & stage

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# rm -v  /portage-2010.09.10.tar.xz

# rm /stage3-amd64-2010.09.05.tar.xz

Exit & reboot in your funtoo installation

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# exit

# cd

# umount /mnt/gentoo/dev /mnt/gentoo/proc /mnt/gentoo/home /mnt/gentoo

# reboot

Post install configuration

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Install xorg

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# emerge xorg-server

Enable hal

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# /etc/init.d/hald start

# rc-update add hald default

Dont forget wireless_tools, wpa_supplicant and maybe wicd if you rocking wireless.

	yrmt Offline \| 01-09-2012, 10:04 AM \| #2

Thanks. I always forget to keep notes when installing stuff. :|

	orochi Offline \| 01-09-2012, 07:14 PM \| #3

I had heard the name, but I wasn't aware Funtoo was basically a reimagining of Gentoo by the original founder. I'm gunna install this.

MOD EDIT: No profanity please.

	yrmt Offline \| 01-09-2012, 07:21 PM \| #4

yeah Funtoo is really cool.

	CrossFold Offline \| 04-09-2012, 03:39 AM \| #5

Its so much Gentoo .. Seems like only the name changed ...
But I'm going to try this :D

	simon Offline \| 05-09-2012, 09:10 AM \| #6

its cool they use git instead of rsync.

	crshd Offline \| 06-09-2012, 11:10 AM \| #7

(04-09-2012, 03:39 AM)CrossFold Wrote: Its so much Gentoo .. Seems like only the name changed ...
But I'm going to try this :D

As simon mentioned, they use git instead rsync for the portage tree, and they have a slightly different tree. Funtoo also has some additional neat tools, and a **great** selection of hardware-specific stage3 tarballs.

For day-to-day use, it pretty much feels the same as Gentoo.

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