HOWTO: Gentoo for LinuxCNC

Prerequisites

For using the installer, you must have the following:

• btrfs-progs
• dosfstools
• e2fsprogs
• f2fs-tools
• GRUB
• parted
• xfsprogs

All of these are included in SystemRescue and it is strongly advised to use the latest version. Debian Bookworm also has the required versions of these tools but due to Debian's aggressive automounting, the installer script may fail. The installer is designed to handle all mounting and unmounting by itself.

A working internet connection is also required. This is not only to fetch the installer, but also because the installer downloads the required files for the Gentoo system.

Fetching the installer

In a terminal, simply run:

git clone https://github.com/NTULINUX/gentoo_backup.git
cd gentoo_backup	
git checkout linuxcnc

Running the installer

Once you are in the gentoo_backup directory, simply run: