User:Sykora/InstallationNotes

These are my notes on installing Gentoo on a Dell XPS 13.

Installation Environment
Getting a reasonable LiveCD environment was not a straightforward process.


 * 1) The standard Gentoo minimal install medium does not have the necessary wireless drivers.
 * 2) The System Rescue CD has a very specific version of NetworkManager (0.9.6.4) which does not work with this particular hardware combination.
 * 3) The Arch LiveCD it is, then.

Since we're using a non-Gentoo installation environment, we need to follow some instructions outside the handbook, as shown at the Alternative Installation Guide.

Filesystem Preparation
I've decided to go with a simple non-lvm partitioning scheme. I'm not messing with GPT or the likes.


 * 1) /boot partition, 256MB
 * 2) swap partition, 8GB
 * 3) / partition, 32GB
 * 4) /home partition, everything else.