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-====== Gentoo Linux Installation ======+====== A) Gentoo Linux Installation ======
  
-Why [[https://www.gwntoo.org|Gentoo Linux]]? In short, because its lightweight, gives you full control on your server and can be much more secure than others bloated Linux distributions. More in detail, see [[selfhost:linux|here]].+Why [[https://www.gwntoo.org|Gentoo Linux]]? In short, because its lightweight, gives you full control on your server and can be much more secure than others bloated Linux distributions. More in detail.
  
 These instructions are aimed at supporting you during the installation of your home server, the one on which most, or all, your self-hosted home services will run. This same page can be referred to when installing your //external// server(s), provided they don't already come pre-installed with some other flavour of Linux. These instructions are aimed at supporting you during the installation of your home server, the one on which most, or all, your self-hosted home services will run. This same page can be referred to when installing your //external// server(s), provided they don't already come pre-installed with some other flavour of Linux.
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 **Prerequisite**: you already know //where// (on which disk/partition) you are going to install Gentoo and which IP address you want to use for your home (internal) network. **Prerequisite**: you already know //where// (on which disk/partition) you are going to install Gentoo and which IP address you want to use for your home (internal) network.
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 +I will assume your home server has one drive dedicated to the Gentoo installation. Data, media, and other files will be stored on a separate RAID array of some kind.
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 +Please do not configure that RAID array now, but read the [[gentoo:storage|Storage Setup]] page.
  
 === Get Ready for First Boot === === Get Ready for First Boot ===

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