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.
