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This new boot CD will boot from nearly any modern IDE CD-ROM drive, as well
as many SCSI CD-ROM drives, assuming that your CD-ROM and BIOS both support booting.
Included on the CD-ROM is Linux support for IDE (and PCI IDE) (built-in to the
kernel) as well as support for all SCSI devices (available as modules.) In
addition, we provide modules for literally every kind of network card that
Linux supports, as well as tools to allow you to configure your network and
establish outbound (as well as inbound)
To install from the build CD, you will need to have a 486+ processor and ideally at least 64 Megabytes of RAM. (Gentoo Linux has been successfully built with 64MB of RAM + 64MB of swap space, but the build process is awfully slow under those conditions.)
Gentoo Linux can be installed using one of three "stage" tarball files. The one you choose depends on how much of the system you want to compile yourself. The stage1 tarball is used when you want to bootstrap and build the entire system from scratch. The stage2 tarball is used for building the entire system from a bootstrapped state. The stage3 tarball already contains a basic Gentoo Linux system.
So, should you choose to start from a stage1, stage2, or stage3 tarball? Starting from a stage1 allows you to have total control over the optimization settings and optional build-time functionality that is initially enabled on your system. This makes stage1 installs good for power users who know what they are doing. Stage2 installs allow you to skip the bootstrap process, and doing this is fine if you are happy with the optimization settings that we chose for your particular stage2 tarball. Choosing to go with a stage3 allows for the fastest install of Gentoo Linux, but also means that your base system will have the optimization settings that we chose for you. Since major releases of Gentoo Linux have stage3's specifically optimized for various popular processors, this may be sufficient for you. If you're installing Gentoo Linux for the first time, consider using a stage3 tarball for installation.
So, how does one begin the install process? First, you will want to decide which one of our LiveCD ISO images to grab from
The LiveCDs are full CD images that should be burned to a CDR or CD-RW
using CD burning software. Currently, we have two types of LiveCDs. The first
carries the "gentoo-basic" label, and is approximately 40MB in size, contains only the stage 1 tarball and lives
in the
The second flavor of LiveCD we currently offer is labeled "gentoo-3stages."
This CD is also found in
What happened to i686, pentium3, athlon, athlon-mp stages, LiveCDs and GRP (Gentoo Reference Platform)?
Gentoo 1.4_rc3 is meant to be a minimal release candidate only. 1.4_rc4 will contain all the usual x86 architectures and GRP. If you want to install stages optimized for these other x86 architectures or GRP, use the 1.4_rc2 documentation, which can be found at
Now, let us quickly review the install process. First, we will download, burn and boot a LiveCD. After getting a root prompt, we will create partitions, create our filesystems, and extract either a stage1, stage2 or stage3 tarball. If we are using a stage1 or stage2 tarball, we will take the appropriate steps to get our system to stage3. Once our system is at stage3, we can configure it (customize configuration files, install a boot loader, etc) and boot it and have a fully-functional Gentoo Linux system. Depending on what stage of the build process you're starting from, here is what is required for installation:
|stage tarball
|requirements for installation
Start by booting the LiveCD. You should see a fancy boot screen
with the Gentoo Linux logo on it. At this screen, you can hit Enter to begin the boot process,
or boot the LiveCD with custom boot options by typing
Once you hit Enter, you will be greeted with the standard kernel
booting output, kernel and initrd messages, followed by the normal Gentoo
Linux boot sequence. You will be automatically logged in as
You've probably also noticed that above your
If the PCI autodetection missed some of your hardware, you
will have to load the appropriate kernel modules manually.
To view a list of all available network card modules, type
modprobe pcnet32 (replace pcnet32 with your NIC module)
Likewise, if you want to be able to access any SCSI hardware that wasn't detected
during the initial boot autodetection process, you will need to load the appropriate
modules from /lib/modules, again using
modprobe aic7xxx (replace aic7xxx with your SCSI adapter module)# modprobe sd_mod (sd_mod is the module for SCSI disk support)
If you are using hardware RAID, you will need to load the ATA-RAID modules for your RAID controller.
modprobe ataraid# modprobe pdcraid (Promise Raid Controller)# modprobe hptraid (Highpoint Raid Controller)
The Gentoo LiveCD should have enabled DMA on your disks, but if it did not,
Replace hdX with your disk device.# hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdX Enables DMA# hdparm -d1 -A1 -m16 -u1 -a64 /dev/hdX (Enables DMA and other safe performance-enhancing options)# hdparm -X66 /dev/hdX (Force-enables Ultra-DMA -- dangerous -- may cause some drives to mess up)
If you're using a 1.4_rc3 or later LiveCD, it is possible that your networking has already been
configured automatically for you. If so, you should be able to take advantage of the many included
network-aware commands on the LiveCD such as
If networking has been configured for you, the
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:8F:61:7A inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::50:ba8f:617a/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1498792 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1284980 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:1984 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:485691215 (463.1 Mb) TX bytes:123951388 (118.2 Mb) Interrupt:11
You may want to also try pinging your ISP's DNS server (found in
ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com
Are you able to use your network? If so, you can skip the rest of this section.
Assuming you need PPPoE to connect to the internet, the LiveCD (any version) has
made things easy for you by including
adsl-setup# adsl-start
If something goes wrong, double-check that you correctly typed
your username and password by looking at
The simplest way to set up networking if it didn't get configured automatically is to run the
net-setup eth0
Of course, if you prefer, you may still set up networking manually. This is covered next.
Network configuration is simple with DHCP; If your ISP is not using DHCP, skip down to the static configuration section below.
dhcpcd eth0
If you receive dhcpConfig warnings, don't panic; the errors are most likely cosmetic. Skip down to Network testing below.
We need to setup just enough networking so that we can download
sources for the system build, as well as the required localhost interface.
Type in the following commands, replacing
$IFACE with your network interface (typically
ifconfig $IFACE $IPNUM broadcast $BCAST netmask $NMASK# /sbin/route add -net default gw $GTWAY netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1
Now it is time to create the
Here is a template to follow for creating your /etc/resolv.conf file:
domain mydomain.com nameserver 10.0.0.1 nameserver 10.0.0.2
If you are behind a proxy, it is necessary to configure your proxy before you continue. We will export some variables to set up the proxy accordingly.
export http_proxy="machine.company.com:1234"# export ftp_proxy="$http_proxy"# export RSYNC_PROXY="$http_proxy"
Networking should now be configured and usable. You should be able to use the included
Now you need to set your system's date and time.
You can do this using the
dateThu Feb 27 09:04:42 CST 2003 (If your date is wrong, set your date with this next command)# date 022709042003 (date MMDDhhmmCCYY)
In this section, we'll take a good look at disk-oriented aspects of Gentoo Linux and Linux in general, including Linux filesystems, partitions and block devices. Then, once you're familiar with the ins and outs of disks and filesystems, you'll be guided through the process of setting up partitions and filesystems for your Gentoo Linux install.
To begin, I'll introduce "block devices". The most famous block device is probably the one that represents the first IDE drive in a Linux system:
If your system uses SCSI drives, then your first hard drive will be:
The block devices above represent an abstract interface to the disk. User programs can use these block devices to interact with your disk without worrying about whether your drivers are IDE, SCSI or something else. The program can simply address the storage on the disk as a bunch of contiguous, randomly-accessible 512-byte blocks.
Under Linux, we create filesystems by using a special command called
However, although it is theoretically possible to use a "whole disk" block
device (one that represents the entire disk) like
We can take a look at a disk's partition table by running
# fdisk /dev/hda
# fdisk /dev/sda
Once in fdisk, you'll be greeted with a prompt that looks like this:
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 2184 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 15 49 264600 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 50 70 158760 83 Linux /dev/hda4 71 2184 15981840 5 Extended /dev/hda5 71 209 1050808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 210 348 1050808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 349 626 2101648+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 627 904 2101648+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 905 2184 9676768+ 83 Linux Command (m for help):
This particular disk is configured to house seven Linux filesystems (each with a corresponding partition listed as "Linux") as well as a swap partition (listed as "Linux swap").
Notice the name of the corresponding partition block
devices on the left hand side, starting with
All partitions
So, In our example,
Also, notice that each partition has an "Id", also called a "partition
type". Whenever you create a new partition, you should ensure that the
partition type is set correctly. '83' is the correct partition type for
partitions that will be housing Linux filesystems, and '82' is the correct
partition type for Linux swap partitions. You set the partition type using the
Now that you've had your introduction to the way disk partitioning is done under Linux, it's time to walk you through the process of setting up disk partitions for your Gentoo Linux installation. After we walk you through the process of creating partitions on your disk, your partition configuration will look like this:
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 15 81 506520 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 82 3876 28690200 83 Linux Command (m for help):
In our suggested "newbie" partition configuration, we have three partitions.
The first one (
It's recommended to have boot partitions (containing everything necessary for the boot loader to work) at the beginning of the disk. While not necessarily required anymore, it is a useful tradition from the days when the lilo boot loader wasn't able to load kernels from filesystems that extended beyond disk cylinder 1024.
The second partition (
The third partition (
Before we partition the disk, here's a quick technical overview of the suggested partition and filesystem configuration to use when installing Gentoo Linux:
|example device
OK, now to create the partitions as in the example and table above. First,
enter fdisk by typing
Now, it's time to delete any existing partitions. To do this, type
Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-4): 1
The partition has been scheduled for deletion. It will no longer show up if
you type
Now, assuming that you do indeed want to wipe out all the partitions on your
system, repeatedly type
Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help):
Now that the in-memory partition table is empty, we're ready to create a
boot partition. To do this, type
Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-3876, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-3876, default 3876): +100M
Now, when you type
Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux
Next, let's create the swap partition. To do this, type
Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 15 81 506520 82 Linux swap
Finally, let's create the root partition. To do this, type
Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/hda: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes 240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3876 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 14 105808+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 15 81 506520 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 82 3876 28690200 83 Linux
Finally, we need to set the "bootable" flag on our boot partition and then write
our changes to disk. To tag
Now that the partitions have been created, it's time to set up filesystems on the boot and root partitions so that they can be mounted and used to store data. We will also configure the swap partition to serve as swap storage.
Gentoo Linux supports a variety of different types of filesystems; each type has its strengths and weaknesses and its own set of performance characteristics. Currently, we support the creation of ext2, ext3, XFS, JFS and ReiserFS filesystems.
ext2 is the tried and true Linux filesystem but doesn't have metadata journaling, which means that routine ext2 filesystem checks at startup time can be quite time-consuming. There is now quite a selection of newer-generation journaled filesystems that can be checked for consistency very quickly and are thus generally preferred over their non-journaled counterparts. Journaled filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem happens to be in an inconsistent state.
ext3 is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like full data and ordered data journaling. ext3 is a very good and reliable filesystem. It offers generally decent performance under most conditions. Because it does not extensively employ the use of "trees" in its internal design, it doesn't scale very well, meaning that it is not an ideal choice for very large filesystems, or situations where you will be handling very large files or large quantities of files in a single directory. But when used within its design parameters, ext3 is an excellent filesystem.
ReiserFS is a B*-tree based filesystem that has very good overall performance and greatly outperforms both ext2 and ext3 when dealing with small files (files less than 4k), often by a factor of 10x-15x. ReiserFS also scales extremely well and has metadata journaling. As of kernel 2.4.18+, ReiserFS is now rock-solid and highly recommended for use both as a general-purpose filesystem and for extreme cases such as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large files, and directories containing tens of thousands of files. ReiserFS is the filesystem we recommend by default for all non-boot partitions.
XFS is a filesystem with metadata journaling that is fully supported under
Gentoo Linux's
JFS is IBM's own high performance journaling filesystem. It has recently become production-ready, and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to comment either positively nor negatively on its general stability at this point.
If you're looking for the most rugged journaling filesystem, use ext3. If you're looking for a good general-purpose high-performance filesystem with journaling support, use ReiserFS; both ext3 and ReiserFS are mature, refined and recommended for general use.
Based on our example above, we will use the following commands to initialize all our partitions for use:
# mke2fs -j /dev/hda1 # mkswap /dev/hda2 # mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
We choose ext3 for our
For your reference, here are the various
mkswap /dev/hda2
You can use the
# mke2fs /dev/hda1
If you would like to use ext3, you can create ext3 filesystems using
mke2fs -j /dev/hda3
To create ReiserFS filesystems, use the
mkreiserfs /dev/hda3
To create an XFS filesystem, use the
mkfs.xfs /dev/hda3
To create JFS filesystems, use the
mkfs.jfs /dev/hda3
Now, we will activate our newly-initialized swap volume, since we may need the additional virtual memory that it provides later:
swapon /dev/hda2
Next, we will create the
mkdir /mnt/gentoo# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
Now, you need to decide which one you would like to use as a basis for the install if you haven't already.
If you are using the "from scratch, build everything" install
method, you will want to use the
If you would like to perform an install using a stage tarball that is not on your CD , this is still possible, but you'll need to download the stage you want using the following instructions. If you already have the stage tarball you want to use (most users), then proceed to the "Extracting the stage tarball" section.
cd /mnt/gentoo Use lynx to get the URL for your tarball:# lynx http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc3/x86/ Use# Upand Downarrows keys (or the TABkey) to go to the right directory Highlight the appropriate stage you want to download Press dwhich will initiate the download Save the file and quit the browser OR use wget from the command line: wget insert URL to the required stage tarball here.
Now it is time to extract the compressed stage tarball of your choice to
cd /mnt/gentoo Change "stage3" to "stage2" or "stage1" if you want to start from these stages instead. If you downloaded your stage tarball, change the path below to begin with "/mnt/gentoo/" instead of "/mnt/cdrom/gentoo/".# tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/stage3-*.tar.bz2
If you downloaded your stage tarball to
Next, we will
mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc# cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash# env-updateRegenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... # source /etc/profile (The above points your shell to the new paths and updated binaries.)
After you execute these commands, you will be "inside" your new Gentoo Linux environment in
Now, you will need to run
emerge sync
Now that you have a working copy of the Portage tree, it is time to
customize the optimization and optional build-time settings to use on your
Gentoo Linux system. Portage will use these settings when compiling any
programs for you. To do this, edit the file
You also should set appropriate
If necessary, you can also set proxy information here if you are behind a
firewall. Use the following command to edit
nano -w /etc/make.conf (Edit CHOST, CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and any necessary USE or proxy settings)
The stage1 tarball is for complete customization and optimization. If you have picked this tarball, you are most likely looking to have an uber-optimized and up-to-date system. Have fun, because optimization is what Gentoo Linux is all about! Installing from a stage1 takes a lot of time, but the result is a system that has been optimized from the ground up for your specific machine and needs.
Now, it is time to start the "bootstrap" process. This process takes about two hours on my 1200MHz AMD Athlon system. During this time, the GNU C library, compiler suite and other key system programs will be built. Start the bootstrap as follows:
cd /usr/portage# scripts/bootstrap.sh
The "bootstrap" process will now begin.
export PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/otherdir/tmp"
The stage2 tarball already has the bootstrapping done for you. All that you have to do is install the rest of the system.
emerge -p system (lists the packages to be installed)# emerge system
It is going to take a while to finish building the entire base system. Your reward is that it will be thoroughly optimized for your system. The drawback is that you have to find a way to keep yourself occupied for some time to come. The author suggests "Star Wars - Super Bombad Racing" for the PS2.
When this process completes, your system will be the equivalent of a stage3 system. You have a couple of choices on how to continue at this point. You can move onto the stage3 instructions and complete those. Doing that will get your system right up to date with what is in the current Portage tree. This is not necessary, but it is highly recommended.
The stage3 tarball provides a fully-functional basic Gentoo system, so no building is required. However, since the stage3 tarball is pre-built, it may be slightly out-of-date. If this is a concern for you, you can update your stage3 to contain the most up-to-date versions of all system packages by performing the following steps. Note that this could take a long time if your stage3 is very old; otherwise, this process will generally be quick and will allow you to benefit from the very latest Gentoo updates and fixes. In any case, feel free to skip these steps and proceed to the next section if you like.
export CONFIG_PROTECT="-*"# emerge -up system (lists the packages that would be installed)# emerge -u system (actually merges the packages)# unset CONFIG_PROTECT
Now you need to set your time zone.
Look for your time zone (or GMT if you are using Greenwich Mean Time)
ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/path/to/timezonefile /etc/localtime
You now need to merge Linux kernel sources. Here are the ones we currently offer:
Choose a kernel and then merge as follows:
emerge sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
Once you have a Linux kernel source tree available, it is time to compile your own custom kernel.
Please note that
cd /usr/src/linux# make menuconfig# make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install# cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
Code maturity level options ---> [*] Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
(You need this to enable some of the options below.)... File systems ---> <*> Reiserfs support (Only needed if you are using reiserfs.)... <*> Ext3 journalling file system support (Only needed if you are using ext3.)... [*] Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs) (Required for Gentoo Linux.)... <*> JFS filesystem support (Only needed if you are using JFS.)... [*] /proc file system support (Required for Gentoo Linux.)[*] /dev file system support (EXPERIMENTAL) [*] Automatically mount at boot (Required for Gentoo Linux.)[ ] /dev/pts file system for Unix98 PTYs (Uncheck this, it is NOT needed.)... <*> Second extended fs support (Only needed if you are using ext2.)... <*> XFS filesystem support (Only needed if you are using XFS.)
If you are using hardware RAID you will need to enable a couple more options in the kernel: For Highpoint RAID controllers select hpt366 chipset support, support for IDE RAID controllers and Highpoint 370 software RAID.For Promise RAID controllers select PROMISE PDC202{46|62|65|67|68|69|70} support, support for IDE RAID controllers and Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm))
If you use PPPoE to connect to Internet, you will need the following options in the kernel (built-in or as preferably as modules) : "PPP (point-to-point protocol) support", "PPP support for async serial ports", "PPP support for sync tty ports". The two compression options won't harm but are not definitely needed, neither does the "PPP over Ethernet" option, that might only be used by rp-pppoe when configured to do kernel mode PPPoE.
If you have an IDE cd burner, then you need to enable SCSI emulation in the
kernel. Turn on "ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support" ---> "IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block
devices" ---> "SCSI emulation support" (I usually make it a module), then
under "SCSI support" enable "SCSI support", "SCSI CD-ROM support" and
"SCSI generic support" (again, I usually compile them as modules). If you
also choose to use modules, then
Your new custom kernel (and modules) are now installed. Now you need to choose a system
logger that you would like to install. We offer sysklogd, which is the traditional set
of system logging daemons. We also have msyslog and syslog-ng as well as metalog. Power users seem
to gravitate away from sysklogd (not very good performance) and towards the
newer alternatives.
If in doubt, you may want to try metalog, since it seems to be quite popular.
To merge your logger of choice, type
emerge app-admin/sysklogd# rc-update add sysklogd default or# emerge app-admin/syslog-ng# rc-update add syslog-ng default or# emerge app-admin/metalog# rc-update add metalog default or# emerge app-admin/msyslog# rc-update add msyslog default
Now, you may optionally choose a cron package that you would like to use. Right now, we offer dcron, fcron and vcron. If you do not know which one to choose, you might as well grab vcron. They can be installed as follows:
emerge sys-apps/dcron# rc-update add dcron default# crontab /etc/crontab or# emerge sys-apps/fcron# rc-update add fcron default# crontab /etc/crontab or# emerge sys-apps/vcron# rc-update add vcron default You do not need to run crontab /etc/crontabif using vcron.
For more information on starting programs and daemons at startup, see the
If you need rp-pppoe to connect to the net, be aware that at this point it has not been installed. It would be the good time to do it.
USE="-X" emerge rp-pppoe
You may need to install some additional packages in the Portage tree
if you are using any optional features like XFS, ReiserFS or LVM. If you're
using XFS, you should emerge the
emerge sys-apps/xfsprogs If you would like to use ReiserFS, you should emerge the ReiserFS tools:# emerge sys-apps/reiserfsprogs If you would like to use JFS, you should emerge the JFS tools:# emerge jfsutils If you're using LVM, you should emerge the# lvm-userpackage: emerge sys-apps/lvm-user
If you're a laptop user and wish to use your PCMCIA slots on your first real reboot, you will want to make sure you install the pcmcia-cs package.
emerge sys-apps/pcmcia-cs
Your Gentoo Linux system is almost ready for use. All we need to do now is configure
a few important system files and install the boot loader.
The first file we need to
configure is
Use something like the
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # noatime turns off atimes for increased performance (atimes normally aren't # needed; notail increases performance of ReiserFS (at the expense of storage # efficiency). It is safe to drop the noatime options if you want and to # switch between notail and tail freely. # <fs> <mount point> <type> <opts> <dump/pass> # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts./dev/BOOT /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/ROOT / ext3 noatime 0 1 /dev/SWAP none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
Before you forget, set the root password by typing:
You will also want to add a non-root user for everyday use. Please consult
Edit this file so that it contains your fully-qualified domain name on a single line,
echo mymachine.mydomain.com > /etc/hostname
This file contains a list of IP addresses and their associated hostnames. It is used by the system to resolve the IP addresses of any hostnames that may not be in your nameservers. Here is a template for this file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
# the next line contains your IP for your local LAN, and your associated machine name192.168.1.1 mymachine.mydomain.com mymachine
Add the names of any modules that are necessary for the proper functioning of your system to
This is assuming that you are using a 3com card. Check3c59x /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/netfor your card.
Edit the
nano -w /etc/conf.d/net# rc-update add net.eth0 default
If you have multiple network cards you need to create additional
cd /etc/init.d# cp net.eth0 net.eth# x rc-update add net.eth xdefault
If you have a PCMCIA card installed, have a quick look into
depend() { need pcmcia }
This makes sure that the PCMCIA drivers are autoloaded whenever your network is loaded.
nano -w /etc/rc.conf
Follow the directions in the file to configure the basic settings.
All users will want to make sure that
In the spirit of Gentoo, users now have more than one bootloader to choose from. Using our virtual package system, users are now able to choose between both GRUB and LILO as their bootloaders.
Please keep in mind that having both bootloaders installed is not necessary. In fact, it can be a hindrance, so please only choose one.
The most critical part of understanding GRUB is getting comfortable with how GRUB
refers to hard drives and partitions. Your Linux partition
The easiest way to install GRUB is to simply type
emerge grub# grub
You will be presented with the
root (hd0,0) Your boot partitiongrub> setup (hd0) Where the boot record is installed, here, it is the MBR
Alternatively, if you wanted to install the bootloader somewhere other than the MBRgrub> root (hd0,0) Your boot partitiongrub> setup (hd0,4) Where the boot record is installed, here it is /dev/hda5grub> quit
Here is how the two commands work. The first
Gentoo Linux is now
installed, but we need to create the
Now, create the grub.conf file (
default 0 timeout 30 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title=My example Gentoo Linux root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3
# Below is for setup using hardware RAIDtitle=My Gentoo Linux on RAID root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/ataraid/dXpY # Below needed only for people who dual-boottitle=Windows XP root (hd0,5) chainloader (hd0,5)+1
After saving this file, Gentoo Linux installation is complete. Selecting the first option will tell GRUB to boot Gentoo Linux without a fuss. The second part of the grub.conf file is optional, and shows you how to use GRUB to boot a bootable Windows partition.
If you need to pass any additional options to the kernel, simply
add them to the end of the
While GRUB may be the new alternative for most people, it is not always the best choice. LILO, the LInuxLOader, is the tried and true workhorse of Linux bootloaders. Here is how to install LILO if you would like to use it instead of GRUB:
The first step is to emerge LILO:
emerge lilo
Now it is time to configure LILO. Here is a sample configuration file
boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 lba32 default=linux image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 label=linux read-only root=/dev/hda3 #For dual booting windows/other OS other=/dev/hda1 label=dos
After you have edited your lilo.conf file, it is time to run LILO to load the information into the MBR:
LILO is configured, and now your machine is ready to boot into Gentoo Linux!
It is always a good idea to make a boot disk the first
time you install any Linux distribution. This is a security
blanket, and generally not a bad thing to do. If you are using some kinds of hardware RAID, you may
mke2fs /dev/fd0# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy# mkdir -p /mnt/floppy/boot/grub# cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/# cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/# umount /mnt/floppy# grubgrub> root (fd0)grub> setup (fd0)grub> quit
Now reboot and load the floppy. At the floppy's
If you are using LILO, it is also a good idea to make a bootdisk:
dd if=/boot/your_kernel of=/dev/fd0 This will only work if your kernel is smaller than 1.4MB
Now, Gentoo Linux is installed. The only remaining step is to update necessary configuration files, exit the chrooted shell, safely unmount your partitions and reboot the system:
etc-update# exit (This exits the chrooted shell; you can also type# ^D) cd /# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot# umount /mnt/gentoo/proc# umount /mnt/gentoo# reboot
If you have any questions or would like to get involved with Gentoo Linux development,
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The Gentoo Linux usage statistics program was started as an attempt to give the developers
a way to find out about their user base. It collects information about Gentoo Linux usage to help
us in set priorities our development. Installing it is completely optional, and it would be greatly
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The gentoo-stats server will assign a unique ID to your system. This ID is used to make sure that each system is counted only once. The ID will not be used to individually identify your system, nor will it be matched against an IP address or other personal information. Every precaution has been taken to assure your privacy in the development of this system. The following are the things that we are monitoring right now through our "gentoo-stats" program:
We are aware that disclosure of sensitive information is a threat to most Gentoo Linux users (just as it is to the developers).
The installation is easy - just run the following commands:
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Rather than watch the Luvabulls perform during a break in the action at Saturday's Bulls-Boston Celtics game, one twenty-something Celtics fan sitting front row at the United Center turned around and pointed his camera at Ron Howard, who was sitting two rows behind him.
"The guy looks away from the girls to take a picture of me?" joked Howard after obliging the fan with a smile. "Not sure what to make of that."
It would be one of many times Howard, in Chicago promoting his upcoming comedy, "The Dilemma," would have a camera pointed at him that night. That's what happens when you've made your name as the star of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days," and as an Oscar-winning director. Well, that, and you appear on the JumboTron at sporting events.
Howard gave a thumbs-up and smiled again for the United Center big screen — or maybe he was already smiling. It's hard to tell with Howard, whom actor Channing Tatum said might be "the No. 1 nicest person on the planet" in an interview with WGN. When Howard appeared in Jamie Foxx's star-studded music video for "Blame It," director Hype Williams had to ask him to stop smiling.
"(Hype) wanted us to walk into the club with our party face on, but my party face is usually 'Hey guys! How's it going?'" said Howard, adding an exaggerated grin. "Forest Whitaker had to help me with my party face. Right before the scene, Hype was screaming 'Don't smile, Ron. Ron, don't smile.'"
Besides a cameo here and there, Howard hasn't done much acting in recent years, devoting most of his time to work behind the camera, usually in the drama genre. "The Dilemma," in theaters Friday, is Howard's first comedy since 2000's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
The film stars Vince Vaughn — who, along with writer and Highland Park native Allan Loeb, was instrumental in bringing the film shoot to Chicago — and revolves around his character's predicament when he finds out his best friend's wife is cheating on him. Howard was quick to point out the film is not your typical Vaughn comedy.
"It's really a fantastic vehicle that delivers what fans want from a Vince Vaughn movie but also something unexpected," Howard said. "It's edgier than you'd expect and thought-provoking. Almost like a comedy psychological thriller."
The movie filmed over the summer at the United Center and restaurants Sepia and Smith & Wollensky, the latter appearing in the opening scene. Because Howard would take hour-long walks to make business calls, often around the Gold Coast, the baseball cap-wearing director was frequently spotted around town.
Still, "The Dilemma" — as A-list as it may be with Vaughn, Tatum, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly and Winona Ryder — was overshadowed by a big budget action sequel shooting in the city at the same time.
"I had relatives in town and one night we were out walking by the 'Transformers' set," Howard said. "One of the production assistants at the gate worked on our film and let us on the set. That was more exciting to my relatives than my movie. I told (director Michael) Bay, 'Hate to admit it, but the only way I can impress people is to sneak onto your set.'"
Howard cheered on the Celtics' Paul Pierce and Ray Allen during Saturday's game (they're on his fantasy basketball team), but pulled for the Bulls to win (and they did) because he hasn't forgotten the times his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Celtics in the NBA Finals.
Speaking of basketball memories he probably could do without, Howard said he was taunted when he was a child actor-turned-high school basketball player in Burbank, Calif.
"When I would walk to the line to shoot free throws, the opposing band would play the 'Andy Griffith' theme song and people would yell, 'Miss it, Opie,'" Howard said, "which I pretty often did."
Like Howard, the Bears' Devin Hester and Johnny Knox, sitting first row next to the Celtics bench, got their turn on the JumboTron. But the two wide receivers took the opposite approach from Howard and kept a straight face, as if they weren't being watched by more than 22,000 fans.
"Why don't they smile?" asked Howard, before realizing: "Oh, that's their party face."
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Then, something happened that hadn't happened in over a hundred years, I stumbled. Due to my speed, I crashed into the ground. I lay there for several minutes, sobbing. It was lucky that I didn't need to breathe because I would have been impossible to do in my position. I rolled onto my back and hugged myself tightly. As usual my body was like marble and holding myself did nothing to calm my body-racking sobs.
Squeezing my eyes shut, I tried to see something other than blood. It didn't work, I saw the ground soaked red and I could smell it, simultaneously tantalizing and sickening. I screamed and the sound rang in my ears. The next anguished utterance caught in my throat as the wind changed direction and a scent tickled my nose. Fear flooded me, replacing the sorrow. As swift as I was able, I jumped to my feet and began to run again.
I don't know how long I ran, the wind cutting my cold face. Across fields and through forests, until I reached the ocean. I paused there, watching as the sun crept slowly below the horizon. He was not behind me. Why would he be? I'd done my task. I didn't concern him. He was only concerned with her.I crumpled to the ground, feeling waves of relief wash over me like the ocean that stretched out before me.
It was when I was still that the memories began to rush back. I could smell the blood, see the faces twisted in horror, and here the screams echoing in my mind. Trembling slightly, I tried to stand, but my legs wouldn't cooperate. I tried to remember Tanya's final moments before her head had been ripped away from the rest of her body.
Massacring Tanya's coven hadn't been enough for him. Before he killed and burned the corpse he brought before her every human he could lay his hands on. He killed them all, spilling their blood before her. Children screaming for their mothers. She had been tight lipped, even when they were all dead and his soldiers had scattered. I remembered her face when he pulled me to face her. I hoped that she saw the tension in my face and the horror. This wasn't what I had been promised. They'd guaranteed a peaceful meeting.
He held me by the arm and forced me on my knees before the grieving Tanya. I'd stared into her eyes that burned light liquid fire. She hated us, hated me. I didn't blame her, I hated myself for what I was about to do. He shook me when I didn't do it right away. I knew he was growing impatient and I knew that I was expendable.
As I'd leaned forward, over her bent and exposed throat, I'd whispered as sincerely as I was able, "I didn't want this." Then, I sank my teeth into her cold, hard flesh. The images began almost immediately, followed by the agonizing pain. He wrenched my head back by my hair, his face expectant. With his free hand he knocked Tanya's head clean from her body. His soldiers tore the rest of her to bits and tossed them into the now raging bonfire.
"Forks," I hissed between my teeth. "The one called Bella lives in a place called Forks."
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Doodle Jump receives a visitor from the Island of Oog!
This is super cool...Igor Pusenjak of app store hit, Doodle Jump, asked us to send over one of the pygmies to attempt the Jump.If you haven't already bought this addicting game, now you gotta! Be sure to go to the youtube account and comment! Or if you're too lazy, here's the screenshot...
Note that the instructions how to unlock this is IN the video and ON the youtube description :).
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This is so cool! I was surprised when I saw the doodle jump update lolReplyDelete
Also, my nephew Aaron was so exicited when I told him you thought
His idea for monkeys throwing poop was genius, Now everytime I see
Him he asks me if it's on there yet lol
Anyways, bought the because of this.
Thats exactly what we want when PG loads up!!
Please dave make it happen that would be so awesome
One change would make it perfect tho, changing the enemies to PG related enemies like the little trex and the shank and vampire (when u put it on PG)
Doodle Jump might be happy to know that I bought their app for the pygmies!ReplyDelete
*after playing*
That is, first of all, SOO much better than PapiJump, and it's POCKET GOD-ED! I love it!
Hey that's awesome! I just bought Doodle Jump & I'm sure glad I did! I'm addicted ;DReplyDelete
You should collaborate with other apps too!! Please? :)
Oh & I had this idea- yknow for the god stats in PG? Well, I thought of a good achievement.
Like, on the first island- you put the Oogs in a group on one side of the island, then roll the meteor from the over side & try to hit a strike- with the Oogs! Oog Bowling!
I dunno if it'll catch on- but I sure have hellava lot of fun doing it :D
And a strike (or several strikes in a row) could be an achievement! A very evil achievement- but still :D
& remember- collaborate with more awesome apps! :D
Pretty cool. Any chance of getting a doodle to our island?? :PReplyDelete
This is so wierd.I was on pocket god this morning,messing with the t-Rex,and he got one of theoogs in his mouth.All of a sudden,one of the others ran over at the t-Rex,and chucked the spear at it.It ammidiatly dropped the other oog.I pondered this for a while.it was almost like he was trying to save his friend.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2009 at 8:01 AM
You should do something like this! Like if you change a pygmie's name to Doodler it turns him into the Doodle Jump Guy!ReplyDelete
I s this just for you guys to advertise together? On the Doodle Jump app store description it said to buy Pocket God and in your post it said to buy Doodle Jump if it is to advertise it is a great idea and I hope it works.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2009 at 2:57 PM
LOVE POCKET!!!!! Can't wait until the next update!ReplyDelete
P.S.- What happened to turning on and off the volcano? Can you bring it back please? Thank you!!!!!!!!
- AnonymousMay 23, 2009 at 6:23 PM
I remember making this up and if you post please give credit to eitherReplyDelete
agk1997 ... pocketgodeporter
here it is :) :) :)
1. Your reading my comment
2. Now your saying/thinking thats a stupid fact.
4. You didnt notice that i skipped 3.
5. Your checking it now.
6. Your smiling.
7. Your still reading my comment.
8. You know all you have read is true.
10. You didnt notice that i skipped 9.
11. Your checking it now.
12. You didnt notice there are only 10 facts
My friends app store still says t-Rex strikes back us the latest update not return of the PygmyReplyDelete
Yeah. Change the names of the islanders to:ReplyDelete
and two others and then the whole island is in doodle form, with doodles! Maybe you could use sharks that are sort of like the ones in the pictures of Parachute Panic by FDG. The T Rex would be awesome. Maybe you could do that for a small feature or bug fix update.
Hey Dave/Alan, I noticed that on 'return of the pygmy' when the shark jumps up and eats the pygmy the hula skirt no longer floats to the surface, I really liked that animation so please bring it back asap.ReplyDelete
Also, I can't wait for surfs up so if you have any idea please say when you think you'll have finished it!
- AnonymousMay 24, 2009 at 8:49 AM
You know you like PocketGod!!!1ReplyDelete
I love the idea of changing one of the islanders names to Doodler and having it become a doodle character. That would be AWESOME!ReplyDelete
i wan to post a pocket god art pic where do i do that?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 24, 2009 at 7:49 PM
AWESOME. I just did it.. haha that's so coolReplyDelete
Hey Bolt, sent you another email (this time with a cool video idea)and still awaiting a response from a while ago... Just make sure not to forget about it!ReplyDelete
you have submitted the new update now right??ReplyDelete
I wish there was an Oog in Sway!ReplyDelete
Ooh, and I also love the shark-eating-Oog-and-skirt-floats animation! :-D
hey, i havent noticed that that the skirt have dissapeared:p get it baack!!:)ReplyDelete
has it allways been there, or did you just add bubbles when the pygmies drown?
Thanks for doing all this work on theese updates these could be 3week updates if some other app people did it I aprecaite the hard workReplyDelete
Pocket God i have figured out the reason your not at the top anymore there r more updates to all the top apps you started the "Update Age" of Apps YOU ROCK ps you know you like pocket god!ReplyDelete
there are two things that I would LOVE to see in pocket god. I know I have already mentioned the first one, but I think it would be awesome if you could name one of the islanders doodler and have him turn into a doodle character from the game doodle jump. My second 1 is that you should be able to choose between having a girl islander and a boy. Like when you go onto the individual character stats, you can change the gender of the islanders. If I saw these features in a future update, that would just be awesome.ReplyDelete


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Age: 51
Occupation: Former City Council Senior Staff
Residence: Tioga
Political Experience: City Council Senior Staff Member (16 years), Chief of Staff to Councilman At-Large Bill Greenlee and the late Councilman At-Large David Cohen
Bio: Tyner, a lifelong Philadelphia resident, works with many community groups and neighborhood associations, advocacy organizations, faith-based institutions, local small businesses and large corporations. She says that the key to success is working together. Her passion is community development. Tyner empowers others and employs creative ideas to build neighborhood capacity and solve everyday issues.
Web site: http://tynerforcouncil.com/
What makes you a good fit for the 8th District Council job?
In many ways, the 8th District is a microcosm of the entire City – extremely diverse (stretching from Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy at its western-most point to Tioga, where I live, at its eastern-most), historic and full of hardworking people. As the candidate with the experience working out in the neighborhoods, providing constituent services for residents across the whole city, and finding creative ways to solve tough development and zoning-related issues, I feel like I will be the effective, attentive, dedicated representative each neighborhood of the 8th District deserves.
My heart and my entire life are truly with the people of this district. I have lived on the same Venango Street block in Tioga for 40 years. I started serving my community as a junior block captain, then as a block captain, and eventually as a founder and treasurer for the Tioga United neighborhood organization. I also served as chief of staff for both the late Councilman David Cohen and Councilman Bill Greenlee. My experiences over the last 40 years – as a community leader in our neighborhoods and a public servant in City Hall – has given me a unique insight into how City government can work for the residents of this district. In short, I'm the only candidate in this race with that mix of private and public experience, which is important because the 8h District is extremely diverse.
Chestnut Hill has seen numerous zoning disputes in which the neighborhood's economic interests have run counter to near neighbor interests. How much input should a community have into zoning decisions vs. near neighbors? What is the council person's role in zoning disputes?
First of all, we have to reassess and update the Eighth District's zoning map (I recently participated in a similar effort in Tioga) to ensure that neighbors and developers have a more defined idea of what can/should be built throughout our district.
This kind of economic development is my passion, and I firmly believe that all development should be community-approved and inspired. As a neighborhood representative with decades of experience working with developers and residents, I understand the importance of ensuring that developers take seriously their obligation to actively consult with the community. This is especially true if their projects are receiving taxpayer-funded subsidies.
That does not mean, however, that members of council should be irrational or obstinate in discussions with potential investors. Rather, City Council members should act as mediators between developers/investors and the communities they're seeking to enter. Effective community representation requires us to negotiate with developers in good faith. Neither developers nor residents can "go-it-alone."
How can the city balance the needs to encourage small businesses and keep residents' taxes low and services running?
We can start by making the city run as efficiently as possible, which I believe will require an immediate reassessment of all city agencies and departments. We must eliminate as many outdated procedures and duplicated services as we can. I know from running two City Council offices lauded for outstanding constituent service operations that a number of Philadelphia's agencies and offices could work more efficiently. I have suggested forming a coalition of residents, business partners, and city workers to determine a better way to deliver basic and essential civil services.
We must also commit to an honest discussion of how our city can bridge the disconnect between what the city promises its retired workers and what it can actually deliver. This involves (a) confronting the reality that public sector workers may have to discuss changes to benefits contributions or pension adjustments as a cost-saving measure, and (b) recognizing that efforts like Governor Scott Walker's attempt to eliminate most (but not quite all) union collective bargaining rights are not necessary measures.
I'm not saying that these cost-saving measures will completely alleviate our budget issues. But there is definitely room to trim.
From there, the city *must* focus on earning more revenue not by raising taxes (even if those hikes are meant to be temporary), but by creating more jobs. A big part of that will involve doing everything we can to get rid of Philadelphia's reputation for being an unhealthy business environment. This will also ensure that more businesses settle here, which will create more economic activity, jobs and revenue and allow the city to better compete in the regional economy.
The city's public schools seem to be in a near constant state of crisis. What steps do you think the city should take to improve city public schools?
The state still controls the School Reform Commission and many elements of the public school system, which places limits on what the city can do to affect change. I do not think the city is ready to retake total control of the public schools again, but I would like to see the Mayor and City Council take on more responsibility moving forward.
There are, however, many ways that our communities can work to improve our schools. First of all, we must conduct a comprehensive assessment of the educational assets – including schools and both private and public resources – available in our district. We have wonderful private and parochial schools in the Eighth, but we also must focus on better marketing our public schools to families who may not be able to afford another choice. Jenks Elementary is a perfect example of a public school we should be better promoting to potential students and their parents.
Once that effort is complete, I believe we should hold regular education forums to discuss ways to increase volunteerism in public schools – especially among seniors, who I think would make for wonderful mentors for students. The forums would also serve as a unifying setting for schools of all classifications seeking to share the best ways to educate our students.
We as a community must also work harder to identify at-risk and struggling children at a young age. We've got to work with local businesses, schools and nonprofits to provide our kids with better, safer childcare and after school programs. For example, developing more after-school music programs would add another constructive free-time activity for students.
Polls have shown that voters are fed up with politics and distrustful of government. What would you do as a councilperson or are you doing as a candidate to address the corrosion of the public's faith in government?
First of all, I have said publicly many times that I support term limits (two terms, eight years total) for members of Council. I have promised to abide by those limits regardless of whether I'm legally bound to do so. I think this will lessen our neighbors' cynicism by encouraging more hardworking, well-intentioned, accountable people to become part of the political process.
I have also committed to maintaining a district office and promised to keep that office open late at least twice a month. I have suggested establishing a partnership office with an area state representative or state senator – a one-stop shop where residents can learn about both city and state resources available to them. I have similarly pledged to support holding some regular Council meetings at night, as well as rotating the locations of the meetings throughout the city so as many communities as possible have a better chance to witness City Council business firsthand.
Finally, I have promised to publish an annual 8th District in Numbers document – a comprehensive report on the funds district residents contribute to city coffers and how those public funds are spent within the district.
Finally, the DROP program has made a lot of headlines for what can best be described as abuse by city officials who retire for a day in order to collect large cash payments. What is your attitude about DROP? If you are elected will you support for City Council President anyone who has entered the DROP program?
I was the first 8th District candidate to pledge publicly that I would not to support a DROP-enrolled official for Council President. I also challenged my fellow candidates to make the same pledge, and just one of my fellow candidates, Cindy Bass, refused to agree to that pledge. I have also promised to only vote for a Council President that has said he or she would never enroll in DROP.
The DROP program was designed for hard-working public workers, police and firefighters and city efforts to anticipate their retirement – not for elected officials who intend to run for another term. It was unethical for elected officials to take advantage of the program by "retiring" for a day between terms – moves that further strained the city financially and added to the cynicism with which too many city residents view their government.
DROP must be closely reevaluated by the incoming City Council, but I have not called for its immediate abolishment. As I said, the program was designed for hard-working city workers anticipating their retirement. It does have its merits. The real problem was not the program itself or the idea behind it, but the interest rates it involved. They were simply too high. Moving forward, making DROP's percentage of return indexed and/or variable would be a significant move towards righting the program.


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Because you are a spiritual being, you already have the ability to either remove or transcend all limiting conditions that may have, until now, opposed your endeavors to live freely, enjoyably and effectively. As this is being accomplished, the necessary resources and supportive events, circumstances and relationships for your highest good will be spontaneously provided and your spiritual growth will be rapid and satisfying.
Nurture Spiritual Awareness
Lack of understanding is the primary obstacle to spiritual growth. Replace unknowingness with insight into your true nature and your relationship with the Infinite, You are a unit of one field of Consciousness (God). Ponder it until you comprehend it. While believing this to be so is helpful, realizing (knowing and experiencing) it is redemptive: it restores soul awareness to wholeness. Discard the erroneous notion that there is a separation between spiritual and material realities. The universe is a manifestation of cosmic forces emanated from and sustained by one field of Consciousness.
Nurture spiritual awareness by using your powers of intelligence and intuition to discern the difference between your essence of being, ordinary (blurred and fragmented) states of awareness and the various moods that you may sometimes experience. Observe the distinction between you as an observer and what you observe. It is only the acquired habit of identifying with modified mental states and objective phenomena that causes and sustains the illusion (misperception) of independent existence. Replace troublesome habit with the soul-liberating habit of constant, divine self-remembrance and God-awareness.
Meditate daily to the stage of superconsciousness, then sit in the deep silence. As your awareness becomes clarified, your innate knowledge of the one field of Consciousness and its processes will be unveiled. Exceptional powers of perception and extraordinary functional abilities will emerge. You will discover that whatever you can vividly imagine and believe to be real, if it can be manifested in accord with the laws of nature, can be expressed or experienced.
Creative imagination and skillful living will enable you to live as you deserve to live. It is your destiny to be spiritually enlightened. At the innermost level of your being you are now whole, serene and knowledgeable. Assume this to be true and let it be actualized.
Roy Eugene Davis, an internationally acclaimed author and teacher of meditation and spiritual growth processes, is founder of the Center for Spiritual Awareness and a one of the few remaining direct disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda.
For more information, go to www.csa-davis.org
May you blessed with spiritual enlightenment!
🙂 Lee
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Or to put it another way, the goal is to minimize f(x) = ½∑xi2 subject to h(x) = 1•x - 1 = 0 and gk(x) = mk•x ≤ 0 where mk is the kth row of M, as well as x ≥ 0.
I can write down the KKT conditions, but I am not sure how to solve them.
The idea here is to solve the symmetric game specified by M, and if more than one optimal strategy is available then to pick the one which minimizes the sum-of-squares of its probabilities. I can get *a* vector y satisfying all the constraints by running the simplex algorithm on M+1, but I don't see how to find the SSQ-minimizing one.
My specific motivation is to implement the GT election method, which is game-theoretically optimal among all ranked voting systems in the sense that no other ranked system will pick winners who are preferred by more voters (in the long-term average) than those elected by GT.
Of course any optimal strategy has that property, but I am trying to implement the system described in the linked paper. More info on it is available here.
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Circumstances alter cases. A need for the price rule we are going to write about is the circumstance that alters much of what we have written about price rules in past articles.
Every racing fan of any real experience knows that the prices his winners pay is of vital importance to his financial success. However, various turf writers have caused some confusion on this subject. A few writers have suggested that one should confine his wagers to horses that go postward at no less than 8–1; others have argued that the smart player never backs a horse that is held at odds of more than 4–1. Therefore, some fans are confused as to just what they should do about price.
The perfect selection method, of course, is one that produces a good percentage of winners at moderate prices, but which also points out a winner now and then at really high odds. It is not too easy to find this happy combination.
However, one must admit that every player does need a high-priced winner every now and then in order to help offset the losses incurred during a given period.
His need for a high price now and then is obvious because no matter how good his selection method is, or how efficient he may be as a selector, he will always back more losers than winners.
As a matter of fact, about the best winning average anyone can maintain over a year of operation is about 35 percent. There might be periods when the winning percentages will climb as high as 60 percent, but sooner or later the percentage will encounter its low, which may be in the high 20's.
So every player must face the inevitable fate that at best he is going to lose about 65 wagers out of every 100 bets he makes. And the losing percentage could be still higher, depending onthe capability of the individual selector.
Thus, it is clear that one can'tearn a steady profit if all of his winners are low-priced horses. At least he can't do it on a flat bet, and progression can prove highly dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced operator.
The advice that one should stick to selections that go postward at 8–1 or more is mathematically sound, but such a demand limits the action severely. Further, such a requirement will usually result in a long string of consecutive losses, two facts that the average racing fan dislikes.
Is there a truly satisfactory answer to the price problem? We believe there is, but it involves the use of two methods rather than the usual one mode for making the selection.
A brief example will serve to make this point clear. Suppose that your present method has been found to be entirely sound, but the prices paid by the winners are a bit on the low side as compared to the winning percentage.
Under such circumstances, the method will show a small profit. However, in order to earn an adequate return for your effort it is necessary to increase the amount of each wager to a level that may demand more capital than you have available. For instance, if the method shows a yearly net profit of $3,500 on a flat $10 wager, one would have to back each selection with a $30 wager in order to bring the yearly net up to a worthwhile figure.
The man who does not have sufficient capital to make such an increase in his wagers must either stop betting or be satisfied with a couple of thousand a year, which is hardly sufficient in these days of high costs.
The only alternative this player has is to employ a longshot method in conjunction with his regular method of making selections. However, he should be very careful in his selection of a price method. He can't afford to choose a method that gives him too much action because excessive high-priced action could conflict too frequently with his regular selections. In short, he might find it necessary to back two horses in the same race too frequently for his own good.
Therefore, he must seek out a longshot method that will afford him only a few plays during the course of a week. There are two ways in which this can be accomplished:
1. Make the odds demand for the longshot method 14–1 or more, which will rule out many of the plays the method would normally point out; or,
2. Find a system, if possible, that will point out only a few plays each week at any one track.
The latter will prove difficult to accomplish. Hence the odds demand of 14–1 or more is the more logical choice.
It is our belief that a supplementary longshot method, combined with adequate odds, is the correct answer to the price-needed factor in turf speculation.
However, in spite of your best efforts, you will occasionally encounter conflict between the two methods used.Therefore you must be prepared to back two horses in the same race when this occurs. The trick is to see that it doesn't occur too frequently, and that is where the odds demand will prove of great help.
There are several good longshot methods available to racing fans. However, all of them present the problem oftoo much action to warrant using them in conjunction with a sound handicapping method.
We suggest that those of you who are interested in solving the price problem through the use of an auxiliary longshot method consider a little plan we have used over the years when seeking a high-priced selection.
Perhaps this is not the best angle ever developed for picking high-priced winners, but it has served usnicely and should prove of help to you.
Several years ago we noted that some horses that won and paid $30 and more followed a distinct odds pattern. We also noticed that most horses had moved up in class or claiming price last timeout.
We recall that on the day when wefirst noticed these points, there were three high-priced winners at two different tracks. In every instance, the three horses won and paid $30 or more.
This triggered our curiosity to the point where we could not resist checking back to see whether the same situation had prevailed in the past.
We soon discovered that the same thing that been happening with reasonable frequency in the recent past. But we noticed that when the odds today were less than 10–1, most of the qualified horses finished up the track.
This called for an examination ofpapers for the previous year, and again we found the same pattern repeatingitself. This convinced us that some trainers make a practice of raising a horse in class or claiming price one race before they intend to crack down.
We are not prepared to say why trainers sometimes do this; however, it appears to be done in the interest of the price next start. This assumption is based on the fact that too frequently when such horses were held at moderate odds, they failed to turn in a successful or impressive race.
During the check period, we watched the class factor to the extent of noting whether or not the horse was dropping in class or claiming price today. We found that in most instances, the horse dropped in class or claiming price today. However, in some instances, the horse went back for its trying effort at the same price for which it was entered last start, and in a few instances and under peculiar conditions, a few of the winners went up in class again today.
This latter situation occurredusually in starter allowance and starter handicap races, where the events were conditioned for horses that had previously been entered for a stated claiming price. Technically, such animals were moving up from a claiming event into either an allowance or handicap race. But in actuality, the field was madeup of nothing but claiming platers of a given grade.
However, we decided to confine our selections to qualified horses that were not moving up in class again today,accepting only those horses that were re-entered for a price identical to theirl ast entered price as well as those that were dropping down today.
This has caused us to miss some good longshots. Therefore, it is a question you should decide for yourself after making a check of no less than three months.
Following are the selection rules to qualify a longshot selection:
1. The horse must have moved upin claiming price last start if entered in a claiming race, or one full grade or more if it was entered in a non-claiming race in its next-to-last race.
2. The horse must have started at a major track within the past 30 days, and its last race must have been run overa major track it if is running today over a major course.
3. The horse must have finished in the money in its next-to-last race, or it must have been running first, second or third at the stretch call in its next-to-last race, being no more than three lengths off the leader at that point.
4. The horse's odds in its most recent race must have been 10–1 or more and they must be at least two times higher than the horse's odds in its next-to-last race.
5. The horse must not be moving up in class or claiming price today. It must be entered for the same class or at a lower class than its entered class last time out. The odds today must be 14–1or higher.


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Jane Norton is mulling a possible entry into the Republican Party's Senate primary race. Ken Buck jumps back in the race today after an intense outpouring of support via "hundreds"(!) of emails and phone calls. (Who knew hundreds of emails would be enough to sweet-talk a person into a statewide political race? Editorial page editor Dan Haley probably has at least 50 emails begging him to get into politics — keep tuned for an announcement on the exploratory committee).
Now, it turns out that former Colorado Senator Tom Wiens — who has been eyeing a run for a while — is getting serious, as well.
"Why, you are probably asking, would I think about running for the U. S. Senate?" Wiens asks in an email titled "U.S. Senate 2010." Well, Wiens may embark on this candidacy because he "loves his country."
As any sensible American already knows, the greatest calling of the American patriot is to stay out of politics and ply an honest trade.
Then again, remember, it only take a few hundred emails to make this Republican race more interesting. "Is," as Wiens asks, "the future of our kids and grandkids and the future of the greatest country in history worth it?"
I think so.
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Just a few days ago I filed the papers for the Tom Wiens for U.S. Senate Exploratory Committee, Inc. I'm emailing you because I want to know if I can count on you to help me bring Washington back in line with Main Street Colorado. As a small businessman/rancher and former Colorado State Senator, I have the experience to take on Washington insiders and deliver results, not excuses. I am asking you to right now, go to www.tomwiens2010.com and give me your thoughts and show your support by making a contribution.
Why, you are probably asking, would I think about running for the U. S. Senate?
I'll tell you exactly why: I love my country and Colorado and I am fed up with the direction the politicians in Washington are taking our nation.
I've been having conversations with people all over the state and I am hearing the same issues surfacing over and over again:
Coloradans are angry, and they have a right to be. They are working twice as hard for half the opportunity, and are worried more than ever about losing their jobs.
People across American, and especially in Colorado, feel like the politicians in Washington aren't listening anymore. Many feel the politicians actually know what the average person wants, and they simply do not care. Right now there is a monopoly of power in Washington and they are going to do what they want and forget about the rest of us.
While families are suffering, Washington seems to only be interested in bailing out those at the top, especially if you are from Washington, Wall Street or a Big Union, and the rest of us just get stuck with the bill!
It's as if Washington has completely forgotten all of us who are out here playing by the rules and working hard tying to keep our businesses going, trying to keep our jobs, and keeping our families going.
To Washington, the vast majority of us have become the FORGOTTEN AMERICANS!
It's bad enough that you and I have become the Forgotten Americans but if we don't change things soon, the ones who will be paying the bill for all this wasteful Washington spending will be our kids and grandkids, and they will become the next generation of Forgotten Americans.
I for one refuse to stand by and wait to watch our kids and grandkids foot the bill, I want to do something about it!
In order to take on something this big I need to know that friends like you are willing to stand up for our future. These are incredible times and like it or not, we are all in this together and we will overcome these challenging times together. Would you please join with me by going to my webpage – www.TomWiens2010.com to make a comment and a contribution?
Diana, our children, and I are considering making the biggest sacrifice of our lives by taking on the Washington power structure. We know it will be tough – and it will be ugly. Why are we willing to do this?
Because America's future is worth it!
Will you make a sacrifice along with us? No kidding. Right now! Will you go to www.TomWiens2010.com and make a contribution toward a cause that I believe can have a tremendous impact on the future of Colorado.
Is the future of our kids and grandkids and the future of the greatest country in history worth it?
No matter how out of touch Washington is, I still believe that the United States can continue to be the greatest country in the world. Will you help me make sure that the next generation inherits an America that is a place where if you have a dream and you work hard and you play by the rules, you still have the opportunity to make that dream come true?
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