User:Parinzee/Gentoo on Surface Laptop 2

Gentoo on Surface Laptop 2

Author: Parinthapat Pengpun (Parinzee)
Contact: parinzee@protonmail.com (2-3 Days)

Preface

This guide will likely also work with other Surface Devices, however I do not assume responsibility for any damage of any kind. With that out of the way, we can start! Also, all data on your pc will be erased.

This will be a guide on installing Gentoo with:

• UEFI-GPT (EFI System Partition) /dev/nvme0n1p1
• Swap partition /dev/nvme0n1p2
• XFS (Home partition) /dev/nvme0n1p3
• Btrfs (Rootfs) /dev/nvme0n1p4
  • With snapshots
• Patched pf-sources kernel
  • With support from official linux-surface kernel
• Genkernel for initramfs only
• Grub 2

Required Tools

For hardware you need:

• External keyboard
• 8 GiB USB
• Usb Hub for connecting both at the same time
• (Optional but VERY recommended) Computer fan on the bottom to cool the laptop

With those set! Here are the software tools.

• We'll be using SysRescue CD obtainable here (amd64)

Live-USB creation

1. Download iso
2. Download etcher
3. Use etcher to flash the SysRescue CD to your Usb earlier.
   1. Insert your usb into your pc
   2. Open up etcher
   3. Select the downloaded iso
   4. Then select your usb
   5. Flash and wait

Voila! A usb.

Boot into SysResCD

Before we can do that we have to access the Surface's bios.

Follow these steps:

1. Shut down
2. Hold down F6 while you tap the power button.
3. Release F6 when you see a menu.