User:Flow/Gentoo as KVM guest

- Using amd64

= Preparations =

Follow the |Gentoo Linux (AMD64) Handbook. You should have done these steps:


 * 1) Boot from the Installation Medium
 * 2) Configure your Network
 * 3) Preparing the Disks
 * 4) Installing the Gentoo Installation Files

I recommend to skip all non-mandatory steps (setting the timezone, ...) until you can boot from the local disk and ssh into the machine.

= Kernel sources and and configuration =

Compilation and configuration with genkernel
You can use genkernel in order to have the system running as fast as possible. Kernel tailoring can then be done once the system is able to boot with a genkernel created kernel.

Compiling the kernel with modules and creating an initramfs can be done with one single command. Note the --virtio switch to enable virito support in the kernel.

Note:

virtio
= Grub2 =