Install Exherbo

Not so long ago on Habré I published an article about the new distributor Exherbo . Today we’ll talk about installing this OS.

First of all, we need a working linux system, or a LiveCD, anyone can do it - from Gentoo LiveCD to Ubuntu, in my case it's Gentoo LiveCD.

First of all, you need to configure the network and partition the hard drive, on different linux distributions it is done differently, for Gentoo LiveCD you can read the articles in their own handbook:
Configuring your Network
Preparing the Disks The

second step is to download the stage corresponding to the computer architecture on currently there are versions for x86 and amd64:
Exherbo x86
Exherbo amd64
(note - for unpacking, you may need LZMA Utils , there isn’t such a thing on Gentoo LiveCD, I had to install it)

The third step. Create a directory for mounting the future filesystem root:
mkdir / exherbo

Mount the created hard disk partitions:
mount / dev / sda3 / exherbo
mount / dev / sda1 / exherbo / boot

Unpack the downloaded stage:
unlzma exherbo - * - current.tar.lzma
tar xvpf exherbo - * - current.tar -C / exherbo Prepare the

environment for chroot:
cp /etc/resolv.conf / exherbo / etc /
mount -t proc none / exherbo / proc
mount -o bind / dev / exherbo / dev

Implement chroot:
chroot / exherbo / bin / bash

We edit / etc / paludis / bashrc for our own needs, setting the desired -march / -mtune, optimization flags and MAKEOPTS:
vim / etc / paludis / bashrc

Update the paludis database to the current state:
paludis -s

Install paludis through itself (this replacing the stage version with the version from git exherbo, it can take a lot of time due to git tests, to cancel them, you can add the following line to /etc/paludis/options.conf - dev-scm / git build_options: -recommended_tests , however, it’s worth remember that Exherbo still under development, that is, you are responsible for the correctness of the packet assembly):
Paludis -i Paludis

Edi governmental affordable kernel in "pure» paludis - vanilla (with official kernel.org), install it:
paludis -i vanilla-sources

Make symlink for / usr / src / linux:
ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.* / usr / src / linux

Follow the standard kernel assembly steps:
make menuconfig
make && make modules_install
cp arch / x86 / boot / bzImage /boot/linux-2.6 (the directory will be different for x86_64 architecture)

Configure the time zone:
cp / usr / share / zoneinfo / Europe / Moscow / etc / localtime

Set the computer name:
vim /etc/conf.d / hostname We

configure the network, guided by the comments from /etc/conf.d/net.example:
vim /etc/conf.d/net

Set the root password:
passwd

By analogy with gentoo, install some necessary system utilities:
paludis -i syslog- ng
paludis -i vixie-cron
paludis -i dhcpcd

Configure grub:
vim /boot/grub/grub.conf

The grub.conf file should look something like this: Install grub: grep -v rootfs / proc / mounts> / etc / mtab grub-install --no-floppy / dev / sda Ctrl + D Unmount the file systems: umount / exherbo / proc / exherbo / dev / exherbo / boot / exherbo Reboot: reboot After rebooting, it is highly recommended to rebuild the stage again: paludis -i --dl-reinstall always everything paludis -i world
# Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc.
default 0
# How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted.
timeout 30
# Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up :)
# Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Exherbo Linux 2.6.27.4
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/linux-2.6.27.4 root=/dev/sda5

title Exherbo Linux 2.6.27.4 (rescue)
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/linux-2.6.27.4 root=/dev/sda5 init=/bin/bb

















That’s basically all, the output is a ready-to-use system, the installation is generally similar to the Gentoo installation, and in case of problems with it, you can use the Gentoo Handbook.

Have a nice time with Exherbo!