Gentoo Live

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Gentoo Live 2012
100px-Gentoo_Linux_logo_matte.svg.png
http://www.gentoo.org/

Information

ERPXE Module

  • Name: - Gentoo Live
  • Version: 2012

Plugin type

Plugin type
Gentoo Live Anti-Virus Deployment Diagnostics OS Installation Live Media Recovery Tools
No No No Yes Yes No

Plugin Requirments

Plugin Requirments
Gentoo Live CIFS HTTP Internet NFS Linux OS Windows OS
No No No Yes Yes Yes

Screen Shots

250px-Gentoo12.0.jpg



Special Information

Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system.

It is distributed as free and open source software.

Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen configuration.

Where source-code is available, Portage normally supplies no precompiled binaries, continuing in the tradition of the ports collection.

The development project and its products are named after the fastest-swimming penguin, the Gentoo, to reflect the potential speed improvements of machine-specific optimization.

Gentoo package management is designed to be modular, portable, easy to maintain, flexible, and optimized for the user's machine.

Gentoo describes itself as a meta-distribution, "because of its near-unlimited adaptability", in that the majority of users have configurations and sets of installed programs which are unique to themselves.

Linux Installation Instructions

Download gentoolive12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz to /

https://sourceforge.net/projects/erpxe/files/plugins/

extract gentoolive12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz file:

tar -xvzf gentoolive12-ARCH-XXX.tar.gz

Download Gentoo Live 2012 ISO Latest Version to /mnt/ :

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml

Mount ISO file to temporary location (/mnt/cdrom/)

mkdir /mnt/cdrom/
mount -o loop /mnt/livedvd-x86-amd64-32ul-2012.iso /mnt/cdrom/

Gentoo x86: Copy gentoo.igz , gentoo , image.squashfs to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/gentoo /tftpboot/er/plugins/gentoo/i386/gentoo
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/gentoo.igz /tftpboot/er/plugins/gentoo/i386/gentoo.igz
cp /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tftpboot/er/shares/gentoo/image.squashfs

Gentoo x64: Copy gentoo64.igz , gentoo64 , image.squashfs to appropriate directory: (LOWER CASE ONLY!)

cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/gentoo64 /tftpboot/er/plugins/gentoo/x86_64/gentoo64
cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/gentoo64.igz /tftpboot/er/plugins/gentoo/x86_64/gentoo64.igz
cp /mnt/cdrom/image.squashfs /tftpboot/er/shares/gentoo/image.squashfs

Verify files with filelist.txt in each folder.

All Done!