Which Frikin ISO do I download?

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wh33t · Post by **wh33t** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:03 am

I already posted here:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-315091.html

Now that people told me what to download, I'm still a lil confused at what to download.
Do I want a minimal Universal Install CD and a Stage3 iso?

If someone could be so kind to just send me links to which files I have to download I would really appreciate that. Thanks in advance to any replies. Please keep your replies constructive.

markkuk · Post by **markkuk** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:13 am

You need either the Universal Install CD ISO, or the Minimal Install CD ISO+Stage 3 tarball. The universal disk already has all the stages on it.

Ansur · Post by **Ansur** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:13 am

Hey

you should read the manual about this. If you want a stage 3 installation, download the Maximal LiveCD.
If you want to install gentoo using stage 1 or 2 however, the minimal will suffice.

I'd recommend reading through thi topic of the manual first. If you have any more questions, I'll be glad to answer them!

zieloo · Post by **zieloo** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:23 am

Well, universal CD does contain some stages, doesn't it? If you don't want to download a stage tarball (up to 80megs), don't choose minimal install cd. Universal is a choice for you in this case.

Visit http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml and pick up the closest geografically mirror, for example:
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror/

Download a 650-megs-cd:
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gento ... 2005.0.iso
and check its md5sum afterwards:
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gento ... .0.iso.md5

The minimal cd:
ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gento ... 2005.0.iso
is stage-less so you'll need to download them while installing.

wh33t · Post by **wh33t** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:42 am

so what I want then is a stage3 universal CD? That will make it so I dont have to download anything extra during the install process, and it installs with the 'least' amount of configuration? I know I'm such a noob to all this. I really appreciate the help.

Ok well I'm currently downloading:

install-x86-universal-2005.0.iso

from:

ftp://cs.ubishops.ca/pub/gentoo/release ... installcd/

Could someone confirm thats what I want?

kimchi_sg · Post by **kimchi_sg** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 11:45 am

wh33t wrote:so what I want then is a stage3 universal CD? That will make it so I dont have to download anything extra during the install process, and it installs with the 'least' amount of configuration?

Correct.

Also, please do not start a new thread when the topic to be discussed has only slightly changed. It is very annoying to keep track of 2 threads started by the same person on almost the same subject matter.