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I had a need to get my system up fast so I set up Ubuntu. It’s a nice system and really popular but my favorite distribution is still Gentoo. So after I had the stuff I needed to get some work done while installing Gentoo up and running I started the installation process. I assume you know your way around the command prompt and are familiar with the Gentoo installation process. Otherwise don’t even try this, and if you do, don’t blame me for any possible data loss.

So here is the process in it’s simplicity

1. Install the needed tools in Ubuntu. by running sudo apt-get install dchroot debootstrap
2. If you haven’t alread, partition and format the hard drive you are using for Gentoo.
3. Make a starting point for the gentoo install. sudo mkdir /mnt/gentoo
4. Start mounting the partitions
5. Follow the Gentoo handbook from chapter 5.  Download stages and get installing.

This worked out fine in Ubuntu 7.10 and I’m now back in my favorite distribution.

I’m not sure if there is any harm to it but I also merged xorg-x11 and gnome-light via Ubuntu. This way I had a full graphical desktop as soon as I rebooted.