Gensystem

Tool for downloading and installing Gentoo Linux.

Quick start

To start using gensystem:

• git clone https://github.com/brenj/gensystem.git && cd gensystem
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• python setup.py install
• gensystem --help

Configuration

All configuration is accomplished by environmental variables. The following variables are available:

GEOIP_FILE

File path for the GeoIP.dat file used by pygeoip. Use the --exclude-geoip install option to exclude GeoIP installation (e.g. python setup.py install --exclude-geoip).

Usage

Gensystem is a command-line tool used to simplify the installation of a Gentoo Linux system, including the download of installation media. There are two (mutually exclusive) download usage-paths, one interactive and the other non-interactive.

Here are some download usage examples:

• gensystem download -i

  Download interactively (make ALL choices manually via the command line). Choices include: platform, media, country, and mirror.

• gensystem download -f stage3

  Download latest stage3 tarball with no interaction. Choices for platform, country, and mirror will be made automatically based on defaults and on the location of the machine using gensystem.

• gensystem download -f stage3 --select-mirror

  Download latest stage3 tarball, but manually select a mirror. Given the choice of mirror is determined randomly from mirrors available in your country, selecting a mirror manually will likely yield the fastest download speed.

• gensystem download -f minimal -m http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/gentoo/

  Download latest minimal iso from the Georgia Tech mirror.

Please note that install functionality is not yet implemented. This functionality will be added in future months.