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(Added some instructions for installing the base system)
(Wrapped up pbp-specific base-system instructions)
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mount /dev/<gentoo>p3 /mnt/gentoo</code>
mount /dev/<gentoo>p3 /mnt/gentoo</code>


cd into this directory and fire up links. Navigate to gentoo.org/downloads and select the stage 3 minimal stage 3 tarball. Download it to your current directory, or move it to that directory from wherever it has been downloaded to.
cd into this directory and fire up links. Navigate to gentoo.org/downloads and select the stage 3 minimal stage 3 tarball. Download it to your current directory, or move it to that directory from wherever it has been downloaded to. Once you are in the correct directory, unpack the tarball.
 
<code>tar xpvf stage3-arm64-<blah blah blah></code>
 
Mount the boot partition.
 
<code>mount /dev/<gentoo>p1 /mnt/gentoo/boot</code>
 
 
Chroot into the mounted directory and Install the operating system as per the AMD64 manual [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64]. Before you emerge anything, however, be sure to set your use flags as follows:


<code>nano /etc/portage/make.conf</code>
<code>nano /etc/portage/make.conf</code>


set


<code>MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l4"
<code>MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l4"
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You can use your own options instead of these if you know what you're doing. It's not super difficult.
You can use your own options instead of these if you know what you're doing. It's not super difficult.


Install the operating system as per the AMD64 manual [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64].
Continue installing the operating system, but stop just before emerging the @world set. I don't know if this is necessary, but I haven't had the time to try without doing this. Clone Janikk2099's github repo. It doesn't matter where, and run the script. If it fails run it a couple more times.
 
<code>git clone https://github.com/Jannik2099/gentoo-pinebookpro
 
./gentoo-pinebookpro/prepare.sh</code>
 
Don't follow any of Janikk's other instructions. They appear to be out of date (no offense bro). Let me be clear: DO NOT INSTALL U-BOOT. I don't know what will happen, but it won't be an improvement over the existing boot-loader so don't worry about it.
 
'''Custom Kernel'''


Stop just before emerging the @world set.
Use sys-kernel/gentoo-sources as your kernel. You will need to manually edit the kernel configuration. First, set


== Kali Linux ==
== Kali Linux ==