Translations:Handbook:Parts/Installation/About/10/en

The Gentoo Installation can be seen as a 10-step procedure, corresponding to the next set of chapters. Every step results in a certain state:
 * 1) After step 1, the user is in a working environment ready to install Gentoo
 * 2) After step 2, the Internet connection is ready to install Gentoo
 * 3) After step 3, the hard disks are initialized to host the Gentoo installation
 * 4) After step 4, the installation environment is prepared and the user is ready to chroot into the new environment
 * 5) After step 5, core packages, which are the same on all Gentoo installations, are installed
 * 6) After step 6, the Linux kernel is installed
 * 7) After step 7, the user will have configured most of the Gentoo system configuration files
 * 8) After step 8, the necessary system tools are installed
 * 9) After step 9, the proper boot loader has been installed and configured
 * 10) After step 10, the freshly installed Gentoo Linux environment is ready to be explored