Then try to ping a computer on the Internet to make
sure you can get out (for example, ping www.gentoo.org). If you are not able to pick
up a DHCP server to automatically connect to the Internet, you can set up your Internet
connection manually, by typing:
# net-setup eth0
Refer to the network configuration information in the installation procedure in Chapter 8
to help you answer questions about setting up your Internet connection manually.
7. Partition the hard disk. Partition your hard disk to prepare it to receive your Gentoo
installation. You can use the fdisk utility to do this. Gentoo recommends a 64MB boot
volume (ext2 file system), a swap partition that??™s double the size of your RAM, and a large
root (/) partition (ReiserFS file system). Start fdisk by following the command with the
name of your first hard disk (such as /dev/hda or /dev/sda for your first IDE or SCSI
hard disk, respectively). Then type h to display a list of commands. (See Chapter 7 for
information on using fdisk to partition your hard disk.)
# fdisk /dev/hda
Repartitioning your disk destroys existing data on your hard disk. Back up any data you
value before starting this procedure. Be sure not to delete or change any partitions that
have data on them that you want to keep.
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