If you don??™t know
what processor your computer has, type cat /proc/cpuinfo.
20. Bootstrap Gentoo. Run bootstrap.sh to bootstrap Gentoo as follows:
# cd /usr/portage/ ; scripts/bootstrap.sh
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21. Install Gentoo. Before running the next command, understand that it could take a very
long time to complete. With an old computer and slow Internet connection, it could take
anywhere from hours to days to complete. If you are okay with that, run the following
emerge command to install Gentoo:
# emerge -e system
As noted earlier, it takes a long time for emerge -e system command to complete. If
it fails before it is finished, check that the settings in your make.conf file are correct.
22. Set the time zone. Use the following command:
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/path /etc/localtime
You need to replace path with the path to the file that represents the time zone your
computer is in. For example, the entire path for Central time in the United States is
/usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central. (If your date and time are set incorrectly, you
can run the hwclock -s command to set the system date and time from the BIOS.)
23. Create a file system table. Add the file systems you want to mount automatically at boot
time to your /etc/fstab file.
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