Installing Gentoo Linux on MSi Wind Notebook

Prerequisites

 * Windows box with internet connection
 * USB key (1+ GB)

Create Bootable Ubuntu USB Key
We'll use the Windows version of unetbootin, because it works without any additional installs.


 * Format USB key.
 * Download unetbootin for Windows.
 * Manually download linux ISO:
 * Gentoo 2008.0: r8169 (NIC) driver doesn't work
 * Ubuntu 9.04: works perfectly with MSi Wind
 * Run unetbootin and select ISO file.

Install Gentoo

 * Boot Wind from USB (press F11)
 * Follow the instructions in The Gentoo Handbook and on Gentoo Wiki except that the  flag may not exist for your compiler (replace it with ,   >  ).