Installing Gentoo 1.4 Linux from CD
Installing Gentoo Linux 1.4 from CD is another option for people who does not has broadband internet connection. The drawback however are:
-> The package in the CD might be outdated
-> A Little troublesome if you wish to customize your installation
I will conver only installation of binary distribution (Pentium 3 Group)
Step 1
Follow Gentoo Install Guide up to the point where you will need to reboot the system. Basically that the whole process required to bring up basic Linux system
Step 2
Boot into your basic Gentoo and mount your Group CD (CD1) on your system
I mount mine at /mnt/cdrom
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
Step 3
Export the environment variable required by the emerge tool
# export PKGDIR = /mnt/cdrom/packages
Step 4
Once you have setup the environment variable and the emerge tool, you can now install any package that comes with the CD with ease.
# emerge -k pkgtool ( to use the package name)
Sometimes it is very straight forward to explicitly specify the package tarball
# emerge -k gtk+-1.2.10.tar.tbz2
The option -k for the emerge tool specify that we want to use the directory specified by PKGDIR to install
Tips for installing GNOME desktop
GNOME Desktop requires some dependency, these are some of the packages that must first be installed from GRP CD1 before GNOME Desktop can be installed from GRP CD2.
Package List
GRP CD 1
pkgtool
intltool
gtk+-1.2
gtk+-2.2
portmap
pango
libpng
Next mount the GRP CD2 and install GNOME Desktop using command:
# emerge -k gnome
That's it. Gentoo is cool!