Create a sparse Image (this will be the SD Card) $ emerge -av dosfstools $ cd \/mnt\/raspi\/etc Set Root Password Set Hostname & Keymap & timezone Configure locale.gen Copy Kernel Modules Install Portage Set correct make.profile Disconnect NBD Get dhcp Client and configure network Configure eth0 persistently $ cd \/etc\/conf.d\/ You WANT distcc. Edit make.conf Set DistCC Hosts Now compile everything you want<\/p>\n Emerge boot stuff and kernel $ mount \/boot Compile the kernel $ make CC=\"distcc armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi-gcc\" modules -j5 This is my precompiled Kernel and Modules \/ Firmware: You also want to use SSH: And as we do have no RTC: And a syslogger: Here's my image: As .tar.gz archive: As full 6GiB raw image which is bootable out of the box: You can use dd to flash it on a SD Card Have fun with Gentoo on your Raspi \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Update 2014-06-03:<\/p>\n Here<\/a>'s another nice tutorial without any cross-compilation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Install ARM Toolchain $ emerge -av crossdev $ crossdev -S -v -t armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi Get Raspberry Kernel Sources $ git clone –depth=1 https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/linux.git $ wget http:\/\/xecdesign.com\/downloads\/linux-qemu\/linux-arm.patch $ patch -p1 -d linux\/ < linux-arm.patch Configure the Kernel for QEMU $ cd linux $ make ARCH=arm menuconfig $ make ARCH=arm $ make ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=..\/modules modules_install $ cp arch\/arm\/boot\/zImage … Continue reading Installing Gentoo on a Raspberry PI<\/span> $ emerge -av crossdev
\n$ crossdev -S -v -t armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi
\n<\/code><\/p>\nGet Raspberry Kernel Sources<\/h3>\n
$ git clone --depth=1 https:\/\/github.com\/raspberrypi\/linux.git
\n$ wget http:\/\/xecdesign.com\/downloads\/linux-qemu\/linux-arm.patch
\n$ patch -p1 -d linux\/ < linux-arm.patch
\n<\/code><\/p>\nConfigure the Kernel for QEMU<\/h3>\n
$ cd linux
\n$ make ARCH=arm menuconfig
\n$ make ARCH=arm
\n$ make ARCH=arm INSTALL_MOD_PATH=..\/modules modules_install
\n$ cp arch\/arm\/boot\/zImage ..\/raspi-kernel
\n<\/code>
\nThis is my .config<\/a>
\nand the corresponding zImage and Modules: kernel_raspi_qemu.tar<\/a><\/p>\nPrepare “SD Card”<\/h3>\n
\n$ dd if=\/dev\/null of=gentoo-raspi.img bs=1G seek=8 # 8GiB Image Partition Image
\n$ cfdisk gentoo-raspi.img
\n#first partition: boot, vfat ~80MiB (Partition Type: 0x0C)
\n#second: Gentoo Root (Partition Type: 0x83)
\n<\/code><\/p>\nMount Image as NBD<\/h3>\n
$ modprobe nbd max_part=4
\n$ qemu-nbd --connect=\/dev\/nbd0 -n \/path\/to\/gentoo-raspi.img<\/p>\n
\n$ mkfs.vfat -n boot \/dev\/nbd0p1
\n$ mkfs.ext4 -j -L Gentoo -E lazy_itable_init=0,lazy_journal_init=0 \/dev\/nbd0p2
\n$ mount \/dev\/nbd0p2 \/mnt\/raspi
\n$ cd \/mnt\/raspi
\n$ curl http:\/\/distfiles.gentoo.org\/releases\/arm\/autobuilds\/current-stage3-armv6j_hardfp\/stage3-armv6j_hardfp-20130207.tar.bz2 | tar -xvjp
\n<\/code><\/p>\nPrepare Base System<\/h3>\n
\n$ dd if=\/dev\/zero of=\/mnt\/raspi\/var\/swap bs=1M count=512
\n$ chmod 0600 \/mnt\/raspi\/var\/swap
\n$ mkswap \/mnt\/raspi\/var\/swap<\/p>\n
\n$ vi fstab<\/code>
\n<\/code>
\nInsert the following lines:
\nLABEL=Gentoo \/ ext4 noatime 0 1
\nLABEL=BOOT \/boot vfat noatime,defaults 0 0
\n\/var\/swap swap swap defaults 0 0<\/p>\n
\n$ openssl passwd -1 raspi
\n$ vi shadow
\n<\/code>
\nfirst line: root:$1$pDGeoXQj$0zq3sa5b9o9rJ8CpcIpPR\/:10770:0:::::<\/p>\n
\n$ vi conf.d\/hostname
\n$ vi conf.d\/keymaps
\n$ ln -sf ..\/usr\/share\/zoneinfo\/Europe\/Berlin localtime
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ vi \/etc\/locale.gen<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ cp -av \/path\/to\/modules\/lib \/mnt\/raspi
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ curl http:\/\/distfiles.gentoo.org\/snapshots\/portage-latest.tar.bz2 | tar -xvjp -C \/mnt\/raspi\/usr<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ cd \/mnt\/raspi\/etc\/portage rm make.profile
\n$ ln -sf ..\/..\/usr\/portage\/profiles\/default\/linux\/arm\/13.0 make.profile<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ umount \/mnt\/raspi
\n$ qemu-nbd --disconnect \/dev\/nbd0<\/code><\/p>\nBoot your Raspberry on QEMU<\/h3>\n
$ qemu-system-arm -kernel zImage -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -no-reboot -serial stdio -append \"root=\/dev\/sda2 panic=1 console=ttyAMA0\" -hda gentoo-raspi.img<\/code>
\nLogin: root:raspi
\nSet Date (Raspi has no hardware Clock \ud83d\ude41 )
\n$ date --set=\"20130808 14:00\"
\n$ rc-update del hwclock default<\/code>
\nConfigure Network
\n$ ifconfig eth0 10.0.2.15 #USE THIS IP!
\n$ route add default gw 10.0.2.2
\n$ echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > \/etc\/resolv.conf #just use google's dns
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ emerge dhcpcd
\n$ dhcpcd<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ cd \/etc\/init.d
\n$ ln -s net.lo net.eth0
\n$ rc-update add net.eth0 boot<\/p>\n
\n$ nano net
\n<\/code>
\nadd the line: config_eth0=\"dhcp\"<\/p>\n
\nemerge -av distcc #Run on both, host and guest<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ echo FEATURES=\"distcc\" >> \/etc\/portage\/make.conf
\n$ echo MAKEOPTS=\"-j6\" >> \/etc\/portage\/make.conf<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ cd \/etc\/distcc
\n$ nano hosts
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ mkdir \/etc\/portage\/package.keywords
\n$ cd \/etc\/portage\/package.keywords
\n$ echo sys-boot\/raspberrypi-firmware ** ~arm >> raspi
\n$ echo sys-kernel\/raspberrypi-sources ** ~arm >> raspi
\n$ echo media-libs\/raspberrypi-userland ** ~arm >> raspi<\/p>\n
\n$ emerge -av raspberrypi-firmware raspberrypi-sources raspberrypi-userland
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ cd \/usr\/src\/linux
\n$ make menuconfig<\/p>\n
\n$ make modules_install
\n$ make CC=\"distcc armv6j-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi-gcc\" -j5
\n$ cp arch\/arm\/boot\/zImage \/boot\/kernel.img
\n<\/code><\/p>\n
\n.config<\/a>
\nkernel-3.6.11-raspi.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n
\n$ rc-update add sshd default<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ rc-update add ntp-client default<\/code><\/p>\n
\n$ emerge -av syslog-ng
\n$ rc-update add syslog-ng boot<\/code><\/p>\n
\nIt needs at least 2.8GiB of space (2.3GiB without \/var\/swap)<\/p>\n
\nVFAT Boot Partition: Raspberry-Boot-20130816.tar.gz<\/a>
\nGentoo Installation: Raspberry-Stage4-20130816.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRaspberry-Gentoo-6GiB-Image-20130816.img.gz<\/a><\/p>\n
\n$ gunzip Raspberry-Gentoo-6GiB-Image-20130816.img.gz
\n$ dd if=Raspberry-Gentoo-6GiB-Image-20130816.img of=\/dev\/yourraspisdcard<\/code><\/p>\n