User:midnite/machizero/installation

The setup steps of machizero is highly inspired by the Gentoo Linux amd64 Handbook, the Sakaki's EFI Install Guide, and the Fearedbliss's Installing Gentoo Linux On ZFS. The commons, deviations, and options of choices will be explicitly annotated between the steps.

Installation Steps Collation

machizero	Gentoo amd64 Handbook	Sakaki's LUKS Guide	Fearedbliss's ZFS Guide
Installation Prerequisites	From 1) Introduction until 8) Manual network configuration	From 1) Installation Prerequisites until 4) Setting Up Networking and Connecting via ssh
LUKS on raw disks	From 9) Introduction to block devices until 12) Partitioning the disk with MBR for BIOS / legacy boot	5) Preparing the LUKS-LVM Filesystem and Boot USB Key
ZFS mirror	From 13) Creating file systems until 14) Mounting the root partition	Within 5) Preparing the LUKS-LVM Filesystem and Boot USB Key Section 5-8) Formatting and Mounting the LVM Logical Volumes (LVs)
Install Gentoo	From 15) Installing a stage tarball until 43) Rebooting the system	From 6) Installing the Gentoo Stage 3 Files until 9) Final Preparations and Reboot into EFI

1. Installation Prerequisites. Encryption is a double edged sword. It adds confidentiality to our system. Yet it is easy to render our data unrecoverable if not handled correctly. In this section there are some examples to get familiar with LUKS and ZFS. There are also some tests for performance. And gather necessary information to start the installation process.
2. LUKS on raw disks.
3. ZFS mirror
4. Install Gentoo
5. Wayland
6. KDE Plasma
7. LXD
8. LAMP