Old Downloads


Downloads from 2011-05-11

Type
Link
Description
VMware Virtual Machinegentoolight-vm-2011-05-11.7z
431MB MD5
This is the virtual machine wich can be run on Windows and Linux Host systems.
Use it for Gentoo tests, as server or anything else. It's also the base for the other downloads below.
Bootable ISO Imagegentoolight-2011-05-11.iso
579MB MD5

Live CD with the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the ISO. You can burn this image on a CD or extract the squashed FS for an USB disk.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.
Bootable ISO Image
gentoolight-nop-2011-05-11.iso
451MB MD5
Live CD without the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the LiveCD as a VM. You can burn this image on a CD or extract the squashed FS for an USB disk.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.

FeatureVersion / Description
Kernel
gentoo-sources-2.6.36-r8
Note: the source is "ready to use" in /usr/src/linux
Architecture
i686 (32 bit)
Hardware
Most modules are compiled into the kernel and they are not auto-detected by genkernel or whatever. Only some well known hardware is compiled into the kernel - if you're missing something, take the VM and compile the kernel with your hardware in it.
Portage
Funtoo/Gentoo unstable
Some packages
gcc 4.4, grub-1.98-r2, boot-update-1.5 (Funtoo specific)
baselayout 2.1, openrc 0.7, dhcpcd 5.2
dbus-1.4.8, consolekit-0.4.4, polkit-0.101, gvfs-1.6.7, udisks-1.0.2, polkit-gnome-0.101
xorg-x11 7.4, xorg-server 1.10.1
xf86-video-vmware-11.0.3, open-vm-tools-0.0.20110328.387002-r2
gtk+ 3.0, gtk+ 2.24, lxde 0.5.0, pcmanfm 0.9.9_pre20110422 (unstable!)
firefox-bin 4.0
Desktop
LXDE (few Gnome, no KDE dependencies, pure GTK+!)
Login
auto-login as 'user' with login-manager "slim" (manages policy kit)
See access data below.
VM hardware
a bridged networking is preset

User and admin access:
Name: user / Pass: gentoo
Name: root / Pass: gentoo

Downloads from 2010-08-03

Type
Link
Description
VMware Virtual Machinegentoolight-vm-2010-08-03.7z
787MB MD5
This is the virtual machine wich can be run on Windows and Linux Host systems.
Use it for Gentoo tests, as server or anything else. It's also the base for the other downloads below.
Bootable ISO Imagegentoolight-2010-08-03.iso
890MB MD5
Live DVD with the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the ISO. This image doesn't fit on a CD.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.
Note: set the option -dvd-compat if you work with growisofs.
Bootable ISO Image
gentoolight-nop-2010-08-03.iso
414MB MD5
Live CD without the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the LiveCD as a VM. You can burn this image on a CD.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.

FeatureVersion / Description
Kernel
gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r12
Note: the source is "ready to use" in /usr/src/linux
Architecture
i686 (32 bit)
Hardware
Most modules are compiled into the kernel and they are not auto-detected by genkernel or whatever. Only some well known hardware is compiled into the kernel - if you're missing something, take the VM and compile the kernel with your hardware in it.
Portage
Funtoo/Gentoo unstable
Some packages
gcc 4.4, grub-1.98-r1, boot-update-1.4 (Funtoo specific)
baselayout 2.1, openrc 0.6, dhcpcd 5.2
dbus-1.2.24, hal-0.5.13-r2
xorg-x11 7.4, xorg-server 1.7.7
xf86-video-vmware-11.0.1, open-vm-tools-0.0.20100616.268169-r1
gtk+ 2.20, lxde 0.5.0, pcmanfm 0.5.2
firefox-bin 3.6
Desktop
LXDE (no Gnome or KDE dependencies, pure GTK+!)
Login
auto-login as 'user', no login-manager
See access data below.
VM hardware
a bridged networking is preset

User and admin access:
Name: user / Pass: gentoo
Name: root / Pass: gentoo


Note about the keymap: if the boot kernel command line contains "keymap=XY", the init script prepare-hal will overwrite the keymap layout in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi . This feature is handy for CD/USB boot, but not in VMs. If you're running just a VM, change the keymap layout once in these files:
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi (for X11)
/etc/conf.d/keymaps (for console)

The virtual harddisk (.vmdk file) may grow to 25GB max. If you use more, create a new HD with VMware Workstation or an online tool an copy the contents to the bigger HD.

Downloads from 2010-03-07


Type
Link
Description
VMware Virtual Machinegentoolight-vm-2010-03-07.7z
661MB MD5
This is the virtual machine wich can be run on Windows and Linux Host systems.
Use it for Gentoo tests, as server or anything else. It's also the base for the other downloads below.
Bootable ISO Imagegentoolight-2010-04-14.iso
820MB MD5
Live DVD with the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the ISO. This image doesn't fit on a CD.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.
Note: set the option -dvd-compat if you work with growisofs.
Bootable ISO Image
gentoolight-nop-2010-04-14.iso
414MB MD5
Live CD without the portage tree. Boot it directly or load it to the VMware machine and boot the LiveCD as a VM. You can burn this image on a CD.
Set 'vmwareguest' and 'res=...' in the boot options.

FeatureVersion / Description
Kernel
gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r7
Note: the source is "ready to use" in /usr/src/linux
Architecture
i686 (32 bit)
Hardware
Most modules are compiled into the kernel and they are not auto-detected by genkernel or whatever. Only some well known hardware is compiled into the kernel - if you're missing something, take the VM and compile the kernel with your hardware in it.
Portage
Funtoo/Gentoo unstable
Some packages
grub-1.97.2, coreboot-1.4 (Funtoo specific)
baselayout 2.1, openrc 0.6, dhcpcd 5.1
dbus-1.3.0-r1, hal-0.5.13-r2
xorg-x11 7.4, xorg-server 1.7.5
xf86-video-vmware-11.0.0, open-vm-tools-0.0.20100223.236320
lxde 0.5.0, gcc 4.3
firefox-bin 3.6
Desktop
LXDE
Login
auto-login as 'user', no login-manager
See access data below.
VM hardware
a bridged networking is preset

User and admin access:
Name: user / Pass: gentoo
Name: root / Pass: gentoo


Note about the keymap: if the boot kernel command line contains "keymap=XY", the init script prepare-hal will overwrite the keymap layout in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi . This feature is handy for CD/USB boot, but not in VMs. If you're running just a VM, change the keymap layout once in these files:
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi (for X11)
/etc/conf.d/keymaps (for console)

The virtual harddisk (.vmdk file) may grow to 25GB max. If you use more, create a new HD with VMware Workstation or an online tool an copy the contents to the bigger HD.