From: ongekruisigde-ds@ongekruisigde-ds.invalid   
      
   On 2025-09-17, J.O. Aho  wrote:   
   > On 17/09/2025 13.43, De ongekruisigde ds. wrote:   
   >> On 2024-10-31, David Chmelik  wrote:   
   >>> In past I downloaded Gentoo installer, liveDVD, and stage 3, but came   
   >>> back later and didn't know what any of it is for.  I strongly   
   >>> recommend--like most software projects--prefix your name 'Gentoo' to   
   >>> these .ISOs & tarballs, so if someone just wants to try it, and comes   
   >>> back later, they still know what it is.   
   >>   
   >> $ file install-amd64-minimal-20250831T170358Z.iso install-amd64-   
   >> minimal-20250831T170358Z.iso: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data (DOS/MBR   
   >> boot sector) 'Gentoo-amd64-20250831' (bootable)   
   >>   
   >> no such luck for the 'stage' files though... (but the 'stage' in   
   >> the filename is a good hint)   
   >>   
   > Doubt OP has waited for almost a year... but but...   
      
   Better late than never...   
      
      
   >  From the Gentoo handbook:   
   > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#   
   hat_are_stage_files.3F   
      
   Indeed, but OP stated that first someone has to remember that   
   it's Gentoo what these files are for.   
      
      
   > +++   
      
      
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