Enhanced Gentoo VM
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Building on the base release candidate vm I have created this alternative VM option.
The main enhancements are the inclusion of a frame buffer splash, VMware tools and a deep world update. As well as the addition of a few small Gentoo tools, with the view of keeping the VM lightweight.
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[edit] Download
Check the Talk:Main_Page page. (I no longer host this image it's out of date) --Stonie 18:21, 16 July 2009 (PDT)
[edit] Details of changes from the base VM
emerged mirror select
Emerged colordiff
emerge flagedit
Updated colordiff config
Ran emerge -tva -DNu world
Ran etc-update
emerge gentoolkit
emerged pciutils
Setup Framebuffer splash, external howto : [1]
enabled png and type support in splashutils
emerged splashutils
Configured kernel for a frame buffer splash
Changed resolution to 1024x768
Recovered disk space, external howto : [2] blew away temp files and kernel source.
Installed VMWARE tools as per these instructions, external howto : [3]
Shrank Vm with Vm shrink, external howto : [4]
[edit] Getting Started
[edit] Login
Login is the same as the basic VM
root gentoo
[edit] Networking
Make sure your host is configured correctly and then bring up your adaptor
# ifconfig eth3 up # dhcpcd eth3
For auto starting and other config check out the gentoo handbook: [5]
[edit] Notes on initial configuration
[edit] /etc/localtime
The timezone in the image is set for New York, or EST/EDT. If you live in a different timezone, you should change this link. Look for your timezone in /usr/share/zoneinfo/ and then create a link to your desired timezone:
# cd /etc # rm localtime # ln -s ../usr/share/zoneinfo/<your-desired-timezone-here> localtime
Check your setting with the 'date' command. Also if you need to change the clock, use the 'hwclock' command. You also may want to emerge the ntp package to set your clock in sync with Internet time servers.
[edit] /etc/conf.d/clock
There is a timezone setting in this file as well. You can set the timezone to the same one as the link above.
# vi /etc/conf.d/clock (set the TIMEZONE to something like TIMEZONE="Australia/Sydney")
--Stonie 17:40, 19 July 2008 (PDT)
