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Chapter 13 . Running Gentoo Linux 391 Begin with the following CD image: install-x86-minimal-2005.1.iso. This bootable minimal install CD image (60MB) includes just enough software to begin the install procedure. This CD image is included on the CD that comes with this book, so you can copy and burn that image to a separate CD to start this installation procedure. You can also find this image in any Gentoo mirror site (in the releases/x86/2005.1/installcd directory). If you have a slow computer or no broadband Internet connection, I recommend that you get the universal CD instead, as well as the packages CD before you begin installing. Those two CDs enable you to do a complete Gentoo install without needing to access the Internet. You can download the disk images from Gentoo mirror sites (refer to www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml for the locations of Gentoo mirror sites). Here s where you can find the universal and packages CD images: . install-x86-universal-2005.1.iso This bootable install CD image contains enough software to enable you to have a working Gentoo system without going on the Internet. It is located in a releases/x86/2005.1/installcd/ livecd/ directory on a mirror site. . packages-x86-2005.1.iso This non-bootable 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 is installed. While this CD saves you download and compile time, it does not let you do the optimization for your particular machine on the packages it includes. Its image is located in releases/x86/2005.1/packagecd/ on a mirror site. By the time you read this, there may be a later version of Gentoo available. If you decide to use a later version, you should find the associated install procedure from the Gentoo site. Version numbers include the year and release number. For example, 2005.1 represents the second release in 2005 (2005.0 was the first). For a more detailed description of the Gentoo install process, refer to the Gentoo Linux x86 Quick Install Guide (www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml) and the larger, more general Gentoo 2005.1 Handbook (www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ handbook/2005.1/index.xml). Starting Gentoo Installation Here are the minimum computer requirements for a Gentoo installation using the x86 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) Note
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