§2023-08-20

• Installing a stage tarball

¶1. Setting the date and time

Before installing Gentoo the clock must be set correctly. Due to Gentoo's web based services using security certificates, it might not be possible to download the installation files if the system clock is too far skewed. Also, files saved with a date in the future may cause strange errors after the initial installation has completed if the clock is corrected later.

¶ 2. Choosing a stage tarball

• Multilib (32 and 64-bit)
• No-multilib (pure 64-bit)
• OpenRC
  • /sbin/init
• systemd
  • systemd is a modern SysV-style init and rc replacement for Linux systems.

¶ 3. Downloading the stage tarball