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A stage tarball is an archive containing a minimal environment. For example, in Gentoo Linux there are 3 stage tarballs : stage1, stage2, stage3.  
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Funtoo's and Gentoo's official installation method uses the last one.
A stage tarball is an archive containing a minimal environment. For example, in Gentoo Linux there are 3 stage tarballs : stage1, stage2, stage3.  Sometimes you will see these written as stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3.
See [[Download]] to download a stage tarball and follow the [[Funtoo Linux Installation]] to install.
Funtoo's and Gentoo's official installation method uses stage 3 tarballs.
 
Stage4 tarballs are user generated stage 3s with goodies attached to them.  Stage 4 tarballs contain utilities users deem essential.  Some users make stage 4 tarballs as backups of live funtoo systems.
 
See [[Download]] to download a stage tarball, and follow the [[Funtoo Linux Installation]] to install.


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Latest revision as of 05:34, May 30, 2015


A stage tarball is an archive containing a minimal environment. For example, in Gentoo Linux there are 3 stage tarballs : stage1, stage2, stage3. Sometimes you will see these written as stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3. Funtoo's and Gentoo's official installation method uses stage 3 tarballs.

Stage4 tarballs are user generated stage 3s with goodies attached to them. Stage 4 tarballs contain utilities users deem essential. Some users make stage 4 tarballs as backups of live funtoo systems.

See Download to download a stage tarball, and follow the Funtoo Linux Installation to install.