Introduction
Please note that this is still a work in progress. I tried updating the original 2006 image and ran into nothing but grief. So here's a quick and dirty on the steps I took to build my own 2008 Portable Gentoo. Enjoy!
Create Directory Structure
Create the following directory structure:
...\Portable_Gentoo ...\Portable_Gentoo\gentoo ...\Portable_Gentoo\share
Download and Unpack Installation Files
Download the following files
- Portable Ubuntu distribution from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=237407 .
- Latest stable branch coLinux self-installing binary from http://www.colinux.org/snapshots/ (e.g.
stable-coLinux-20090415.exe
). - Latest coLinux Gentoo 2.6.x Images file from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98788 (e.g.
Gentoo-colinux-i686-2007-03-03.7z
). - Gentoo 2008.0 stage3 file from http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86/current/ (e.g.
stage3-i686-20090422.tar.bz2
). - Latest portage file from http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/snapshots/current/portage-latest.tar.bz2 .
Unpack files as follows
- Extract the following files from
Portable_Ubuntu.exe
to yourPortable_Gentoo
directory using 7zip:- The entire
pulseaudio
subdirectory - The entire
Xming
subdirectory tree portable_ubuntu.bat
run_portable_ubuntu.bat
TrayRun.exe
- The entire
- Extract the following files from the coLinux self-installing binary to your
Portable_Gentoo
directory using 7zip:colinux-console-nt.exe
colinux-daemon.exe
colinux-net-daemon.exe
colinux-slirp-net-daemon.exe
example.conf
initrd.gz
linux.sys
vmlinux
vmlinux-modules.tar.gz
- Copy these two files to your
share
subdirectory:vmlinux
vmlinux-modules.tar.gz
- Also, copy the file
example.conf
to yourgentoo
subdirectory and rename it togentoo.conf
. - Extract the file
gentoo-root
from the Gentoo-colinux file to yourgentoo
subdirectory using 7zip. - Move the Gentoo stage3 and portage files to your
gentoo
subdirectory.
Run the initial version of coLinux
- Create an empty container for your new root file system with the following command. The example creates a 10G (10,737,418,240) file, but you can run it with as small a file as 2G (2,147,483,648).
fsutil file createnew Portable_Gentoo\gentoo\2008_root_fs 10737418240
- Edit the file
gentoo.conf
as follows:- Change
cobd0="c:\coLinux\root_fs"
tocobd0=gentoo\gentoo-root
. - Add the line
cobd3=gentoo\2008_root_fs
. - Set a maximum memory,
mem=256
is probably the lowest you'll want to set it to. - Enable eth0 by uncommenting
eth0=slirp
- Add the line
exec0="Xming\Xming.exe :0 -notrayicon +bs -wm -auth Xauthority -clipboard -multiwindow -dpi 100 -xkblayout us"
(change the xkblayout to your liking ;-) - Setup two shares with the lines
cofs0=gentoo
andcofs1=share
.
- Change
- Rename the file
portable_ubuntu.bat
toportable_gentoo.bat
and edit it so that the line iscolinux-daemon @gentoo\gentoo.conf cobd1=%temp%\swap.img cobd2=%temp%\temp.img -t nt
. - Rename the file
run_portable_ubuntu.bat
torun_portable_gentoo.bat
and edit the first line to bestart trayrun.exe cmd /c portable_gentoo.bat
. - Now go ahead and run the
run_portable_gentoo.bat
batch file to launch the initial version of Gentoo coLinux!
Remaining Procedures
#Run coGentoo mkdir share config #********* Either automount or manual mount COFS shares. ************* #********************************************************************* echo 'cofs0 /config cofs user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab echo 'cofs1 /share cofs user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab reboot #*************************** OR ************************************** mount -t cofs -o user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 /dev/cofs0 /config mount -t cofs -o user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 /dev/cofs1 /share #********************************************************************* mke2fs /dev/cobd3 #Fill the HDD with 0's. Hopefully this will speed up any future writes? dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/cobd3 bs=1M mke2fs -j /dev/cobd3 cd / mount /dev/cobd3 /mnt/gentoo mkdir /mnt/gentoo/dev mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev cd /mnt/gentoo mkdir config share tar xjpf /share/stage3* cd /mnt/gentoo/usr tar xjf /share/portage-* cd / cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/ cp /etc/conf.d/net /mnt/gentoo/etc/conf.d/net cp -L /share/vmlinux /mnt/gentoo/boot/kernel cp -L /etc/make.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash env-update && source /etc/profile #Set this to your timezone cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime cd /etc #Set these to your chosen hostname echo "127.0.0.1 colinux localhost" > hosts sed -i -e 's/HOSTNAME.*/HOSTNAME="colinux"/' conf.d/hostname hostname colinux rc-update add net.eth0 default echo '/dev/cobd0 / ext3 noatime 0 1' > /etc/fstab echo '/dev/cobd1 none swap sw 0 0' >> /etc/fstab echo 'proc /proc proc defaults 0 0' >> /etc/fstab echo 'shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0' >> /etc/fstab echo '#cofs0 /config cofs user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab echo 'cofs1 /share cofs user,dmask=0777,fmask=0666 0 0' >> /etc/fstab #Set your root's password passwd root #Fix the console font error mv /bin/setfont /bin/setfont.old echo '#!/bin/bash' > /bin/setfont echo 'if ! uname -r | grep -q -e "-co-"' >> /bin/setfont echo 'then' >> /bin/setfont echo ' /bin/setfont.old $@' >> /bin/setfont echo 'fi' >> /bin/setfont chmod +x /bin/setfont ln -s /usr/bin/loadkeys /bin/loadkeys exit halt #Now, back in windows edit config/Portable_Gentoo.conf --- cobd0=images\gentoo-root --- cobd3=images\2008_root_fs +++ cobd0=images\2008_root_fs #Run Portable_Gentoo emerge mirrorselect #Grab the fastest 5 servers mirrorselect -s5 emerge --sync emerge portage emerge htop lynx sys-devel/libtool net-libs/gnutls /etc/init.d/sshd start rc-update add sshd default #This'll take some time: USE="consolekit" emerge sys-auth/pambase #And this took near a day, though, in fairness, I had 4 devenv.exe's, an RDP, iTunes, and 5 other programs running USE="X" emerge sys-apps/dbus gnome-panel #Fix dependencies for gnome-panel emerge gentoolkit revdep-rebuild #This fixes a circular dependency when installing xorg-x11 emerge --nodeps virtual/glu emerge xorg-x11 emerge x11-terms/xterm #First time use requires a UUID dbus-uuidgen --ensure /etc/init.d/dbus start rc-update add dbus default #because white is so harsh on the eyes echo 'XTerm*background: black' >> ~/.Xdefaults echo 'XTerm*foreground: white' >> ~/.Xdefaults echo 'XTerm*highlightColor: red' >> ~/.Xdefaults #FINALLY! Launch the panel! export DISPLAY=10.0.2.2:0.0 gnome-panel & #Add a file browser emerge nautilus emerge --update world