From: dchmelik@gmail.com
On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:20:30 +0200, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 17/09/2025 15.15, De ongekruisigde ds. wrote:
>> 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#What_are_stage_files.3F
>>
>> Indeed, but OP stated that first someone has to remember that it's
>> Gentoo what these files are for.
>
>
> "mkdir gentoo && mv install-amd64-minimal-20250831T170358Z.iso
> *stage3*txz gentoo/" generally would fix that future issue :P
Not really: web browsers generally do a poor job of asking you where to
save--using previous locations--so files end up elsewhere, so are often
found elsewhere. My point stands. Almost all other operating system
distributions name their tarballs after their OS. People know these are
installers and that the non-GUI version is in comparison/contrast minimal:
you don't need those words as much as 'Gentoo' itself, which lately I
prefix and remove aforementioned words.
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