I was just about to finally go ahead and switch from arch to gentoo when i found out that apparently you cant boot the minimal installation on efi. This tutorial will concentrate on presenting a way you can run some linux iso distributions directly from your hard disk by editing ubuntu 14. There is also mention of grub installation issues on the debian wiki page related to dmraid and installation. Despite the terminology, fake raid via dmraid is a robust software raid implementation that offers a solid system to mirror or stripe data across multiple disks with negligible overhead for any modern system.
How can i perform such update using command line tool. But after booting either linux or windows then rebooting, i grub starts in command line mode, as seen in the following screenshot. Run kali linux, backbox and gentoo distrubutions directly. Download dmraid packages for alpine, alt linux, arch linux, centos, debian, fedora, kaos, mageia, openmandriva, opensuse, ubuntu. I like systemrescuecd which is gentoo based and has uefi vars enabled, so download it and write into bootable usb and lets move on.
Arch linux is a generalpurpose rolling release linux distribution which is very popular among the diy enthusiasts and hardcore linux users. About installing grub, i solved it by trying to install it from archsetup and when it failed i had all the files in the right places and just followed the gentoo guide on installing grub manually. Grub grand unified bootloader, also known as grub legacy or grub. If an example of a desired iso is not listed, the user may be able to determine the proper menuentry commands by comparing the file structure of the iso with the menuentry commands of isos laid out in a similar fashion. You still have to go through all the learning curve, needed to setup gentoo. May 30, 20 installing gentoo with grub2, gpt, luks and software raid mdraidmdadm so for various reasons i wanted to install gentoo utilizing full disk encryption with luks except for boot ofc, mdraid, gpt and grub2. Kigen uses genkernel linuxrc and provides the same boot interface as genkernel does.
Basically, when the system boots to the grub boot loader you can manually execute what should be in your boot grub grub. I have installed linux, win xp and win vista on fake a raid device. Funtoo linux is optimized for the best possible performance on the latest intel and amd hardware. How to install arch linux in 2020 step by step guide. Maybe ive missed something, but im trying to do this. First download the iso file then burn it to a cddvd or use unetbootin to get a bootable usb, select the installation media to boot first from your bios. Convert a gentoo install cd for use on a usb drive if youve got a small gentoo, the gentoo liveusb howto wont work as the latest minimalinstall cd has not got proper vfat. Surely its possible to install gentoo on efi somehow. Gentoo hides the grub executables grub install, grub mkconfig, grub probe, grub setdefault from the users path, so technically we cant discover a grub installation. Therefore the outcome of installation could be different from user to user and you have to change kernel options and. Its still pretty painless though and with about 5 minutes of time. So, before we can begin anything, we need uefi bootable media and the easiest way of doing this is to download a live fedora 16 disk image, burn it and boot it, in uefi mode of course.
The mirrors listed on this page contain installation files such as livecds, gentoo ebuild repository snapshots as well as distfiles the actual program code for our packages. This is not a replacement for the official gentoo handbook. Oct 26, 2017 run the command aptget install dmraid if your lucky you will get a message back saying that the system didnt need to do anything as the installer will have correctly built initrd for grub to include dmraid. Using hot spare drive mark a drive as hot spare using the dmraid f isw s command. Gentoo linux is a versatile and fast, completely free linux distribution geared towards developers and network professionals. Jun 24, 2005 grub install bootgrubstage1 hd1 bootgrubstage2 p bootgrubmenu. Its main purpose is for embedded sbcs single board computers based on the x86 architecture were a small nonvolatile flash, compact flash, diskonchip footprint is needed as low as 10 mb. How to install gentoo with luks lvm and systemd amedeos home.
But i feel like the hybrid iso kinda defeats the purpose of gentoo since its a preinstalled system or is it not. May 08, 2012 introduction this is a guide to help with the initial setup and install of gentoo on a fairly recent pc with uefi. Seems like many user on all kind of linux distributions have their problems with dmraid. Gnu grub boot loader in the gentoo packages database. I think this is all that is needed in ubuntu or your current distribution part. Grub2 editor is part of libre apps, games and addons, which is supported by the following people. Arch linux is a generalpurpose rolling release linux distribution which is very popular among the diy enthusiasts and hardcore linux users the default installation covers only a minimal base system and expects the end user to configure the system by himselfherself. Well at least this is what many people think of gentoo. Oct 12, 2019 general information on creating a grub 2 menuentry is provided on the grub2isoboot page. Nov, 2016 gentoo linux 20160514 is a special release of linux that can directly run from usb drive or dvd which makes it portable. Kigen for linux aims at providing first an equal set of features in python as genkernel does for gentoo as well as a python interface to sysbootbootupdate for funtoo.
Otherwise this will update dmraid and rebuild the grub init to load dmraid. Once you have you livecd environment started simply check if its really uefi. Funtoo is led by daniel robbins, the creator of gentoo linux, and actively developed by the funtoo community. For some, the final output is fruitful, for some it is a waste of time. Since then, i have not been able to get an upgraded kernel working. In testing i have found that you must install grub in two distinct steps. Run the command aptget install dmraid if your lucky you will get a message back saying that the system didnt need to do anything as the installer will have correctly built initrd for grub to include dmraid. All the required information on how to do this is on fedoras website. You know what gentoo is and what you are getting yourself into, you.
I need to update all install packages on gentoo linux. Gentoo linux 20160514 is a special release of linux that can directly run from usb drive or dvd which makes it portable. This free download of gentoo linux is a standalone dvd iso image. Details contents, hashes, and signatures minimal installation cd, hybrid iso, stage 3. The first we need to install our gentoo is a livecd environment with uefi vars enabled. Have you thought about adding an initramfs and letting it drop you to its rescue shell so that you can investigate. Gentoo installation notes with systemd random notes on it. Solved grub2 dmraid and parttool installation arch.
The default installation covers only a minimal base system and expects the end user to configure the system by himselfherself. Using dmraid to identify a new drive boot to the os and use the dmraid command with the new drive as the second parameter. Grub2 the grand unified bootloader version 2 is a replacement for the original grub legacy boot loader, which is now referred to as grub legacy. So, you boot to grub and it does nothing do the following. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features.
Gentoo forums view topic dmraid, raid0, grub reboots. Gentoo linux step by step installation guide with screenshots. Compared to arch, users can have more control over the kernel and packages easily. I prefer to use mbr partition tables with simple, old style bios, and not gpt with uefi, so if you want this guide with gpt uefi and tpm send me a laptop with them.
Once you have you livecd environment started simply check if. So now instead of typing grub install v youd have to use a capital v or the explicit version. Convert a gentoo install cd for use on a usb drive if youve got a small gentoo, the gentoo liveusb howto wont work as the latest minimalinstall cd has not got proper vfat support, and you would need atleast a 1g drive for a live cd. Grub version 2 is a completely reworked and fundamentally different bootloader, and will not be covered in this article.
This allowed me to boot my manually compiled kernel to run, just added generated initrd to boot grub menu. When you get to the point of installing grub, return to this guide. Minimal installation cd 20200223 348 mib hybrid iso livedvd 20160704 2 gib. I kind of solved the problem by finally removing the old stripeset from my system, now the partitions are activated automaticallly.
Once youre in the live session, choose install kubuntu. This tutorial shows you how to install arch linux in easy to follow steps. Gentoo downloads can be retrieved from many mirrors around the globe. Gentoo uses syslinux and a nonuefi compatible grub2 boot loader.
As others have pointed out the commandline flags have been changed in newer versions. Therefore the outcome of installation could be different from user to user and you. I start configuring grub i add hd0,2 to root lines and when it fails switch to another tty and run. Centos kernel upgrade breaks dmraid on intel software raid i was able to successfully get cent installed with dmraid 0 and lvm. I never see a grub screen it just starts the current kernel. It seems like dmraid only activates partitions on the first set it discovers and ignores the rest. Aug 06, 2008 educate grub grub2 and grub installer about fakeraid. Educate grub grub2 and grub installer about fakeraid. This distribution is no doubt hard to install and maintain. It can be downloaded and installed from official gentoo installation media such as our cds and dvds.
Selecting a mirror that is geographically near you may help speed up downloads. Installing gentoo with grub2, gpt, luks and software raid. Hello, i want to update from grub legacy to grub2 and have some troubles to setup up my grub2 enviroment with dmraid and parttool. After installation of arch and rebooting it would not even detect anything anymore. If you are using dmraid do not use savedefault or your. As outlined in the gentoo grub2 wiki page recovery section you can simply reinstall grub2 to the mbr master boot record, linking to your original boot location so, assuming your root partition is located on devsda3 and you have. Installing gentoo with grub2, gpt, luks and software raid mdraidmdadm so for various reasons i wanted to install gentoo utilizing full disk encryption with luks except for boot ofc, mdraid, gpt and grub2. Solved grub problem using fakeraid installation arch. First the intuitive changes from my previous experiment. Gentoo linux documentation gentoo embedded x86 guide. Everything works, but now i did had to do something not intuitive. Intel rst rapid storage technology recommends using mdadm rather than dmraid for fake raid. Funtoo linux distrowatch is a communitydeveloped linux metadistribution based upon gentoo linux.
See how to install ubuntu on a second hard drive with windows being on the first. Gentoo installation notes with systemd random notes on. Applying security patches and updating system apps is an important part of maintaining the gentoo operating system. Grub grand unified bootloader, also known as grub legacy or grub version 1, used to be gentoo s default bootloader on x86 and amd64 cpus. Without dmraid, linux does not see that second logical drive. Gentoo linux 2017 09 07 free download, linux icewalkers. In this post ill describe how to install gentoo with systemd stage3 tarball on luks partition and lvm volume group this work is based on full disk encryption from scratch simplified disk partitions. Centos kernel upgrade breaks dmraid on intel software raid. Live environments and stage archives can be downloaded using the links below. Find the file tools within the extracted folder and open it in kate. For a shotgun approach, see grub2 quick start if migrating from grub legacy to grub2, see grub2 migration. Jan 30, 2014 i am helping a friend with gentoo linux installed on a vps server. Unlike other distros, gentoo linux has an advanced package management system called portage. Dec, 2005 download the latest version of dmraid from the web address listed above in the prerequisites section.