Web hosting provider - 375Chapter 13Running Gentoo LinuxBegin with the following CD
375Chapter 13Running Gentoo LinuxBegin with the following CD image: install-x86-minimal-2004.2.iso.Thisbootable minimal install CD image (only about 78MB) includes just enough softwareto begin the install procedure. This CD image is included on the CD that comes withthis book, so you can copy and burn that image to CD to start this installation pro- cedure. You can also find this image in any Gentoo mirror site (in thereleases/x86/2004.2/livecddirectory). If you have a slow computer or no broadband Internet connection, I recommendthat you get the universal CD instead, as well as the packages CD before you begininstalling. Those two CDs will enable you to do a complete Gentoo install withoutneeding to get on the Internet. You can download the disk images from Gentoo mirrorsites (refer to www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xmlfor the locations of Gentoomirror sites). Here s where you can find the universal and packages CD images: .install-x86-universal-2004.2.iso. This bootable install CD image contains enough software to enable you to have a working Gentoo systemwithout going on the Internet. It is located in releases/x86/2004.2/livecddirectories on a mirror site. .packages-x86-2004.2.iso. This nonbootable CD image contains many popular packages you might want with Gentoo. The contents include popular, precompiled packages that you can add after the basic Gentoo system isinstalled. While this CD saves you download and compile time, it does notletyou do the optimization for your particular machine on the packages itincludes. Its image is located in releases/x86/2004.2/packagecd/x86onamirror site. By the time you read this, there will certainly be a later version of Gentoo available. If you decide to use a later version, you should find the associated install proce- dure from the Gentoo site. Version numbers include the year and release number. For example, 2004.2 represents the second release in 2004. For a more detailed description of the Gentoo install process, refer to the GentooLinux/x86 Handbook (www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml). Starting Gentoo InstallationHere are the minimum computer requirements for a Gentoo installation using thex86 procedure described in this chapter: .1GB of hard disk space .64MB of RAM .A 486 processor (or better) .300MB of total memory (combined RAM and swap) Note20_