HOWTO : Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1 on ASUS Sabertooth X79
After about a month of tries and errors, this article is the most updated and error free for the Pentoo 2013 RC1.1 installation as at April 22, 2013.
Pentoo is based on Gentoo and it is a Penetration Testing Linux distribution. The developers of Pentoo targetted their product for serious Pentesters. Pentoo is not for newbies as it is based on Gentoo which requires some Linux experience to master this distribution.
Hardware
CPU : Intel i7-3930K (6 cores, 12 cores with Hyper-Threading, Socket 2011)
Motherboard : ASUS SaberTooth X79
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 32GB (4GB x 8)
Hard Drive : WD SATA III 3TB Red WD30EFRX
Display Card : Inno3D nVidia GeForce GTX 590 384bit 3072MB DDR5 x 2
Making of Bootable USB Pendrive
Use UNetbootin to make a bootable USB pendrive. Before booting, edit syslinux.cfg on the usb pendrive and add "nodetect" to the kernel line to prevent asking for password when boot. Unetbootin switches the bootloader and there was a mistake in the converted config file. This issue has been logged and fixed for the next release.
Live USB Boot to Desktop
Press
Once it is booted up, at the "
Type the following to build the latest version of nVidia display card driver :
After that, type the following command to bring up the desktop :
Live USB Boot to Install
Step 0 :
Press
Step 1 :
Step 1a :
If you have a hard drive that is larger than 2TB, you need to manual configure your partitions :
Then following the menu to install step by step. At last, you will be asked for install the bootloader, you should install to
Step 2 :
After the installation, remove the USB pendrive and reboot your box and login as root.
Next, clean up live configuration :
Fix the /etc/inittab file :
Remove live-related configuration :
Then, reboot your box again and login as root.
Step 3 :
(First time configuration)
You are advised to follow the prompt from the screen to do the update.
# You may wish to edit your VIDEO_CARDS line to match your system better.
# nVidia users:
# AMD (ATi) users :
If you are installing Pentoo to virtualbox or vmware, please use the following settings :
# Guest OS users should add virtualbox/vmware flags:
Step 4 :
(First time update)
After that, you are required to react to the recommendation on the screen (which is usually in green colour). You may requried to update portage (if any), please do :
Then, you may prompt to do the following (if any) :
*** nVidia and cuda drivers are to be installed then. If AMD (ATi), no action to be taken.
Reboot the box and login as root again.
Step 5 :
If nVidia user :
To update/upgrade the packages :
To merge the config files (if any) :
*** select "
To delete not necessary packages including unused video drivers :
To rebuild anything when some packages are broken in the update :
To update/upgrade the SVN packages :
To make sure there is no breakage after the update :
To regenerate the main menu of Xfce window manager (you are required to do this step on each user) :
To check if any config file need to be merge or not :
To clean up the box (remove old or not needed packages) :
To rebuild X11 related drivers :
To set the java vm to the latest version :
or
*** if the icedtea-bin-7 is in the first item.
To recompile perl when it is upgraded :
To recompile python when it is upgraded :
Step 6 :
After that, reboot and login as root.
If you would like the xfce4 window manager :
Else, if you want to have e17 window manager :
The network interface name will be changed to "
To make sure wicd will be launch without problem even you are login as normal user :
Step 7 :
Change to :
*** or any hostname you like.
Step 8 (Optional) :
If you are AMD (ATi) user, you may need to do the following in order to launch the window manager :
*** If you login as normal user, you just "
*** If you login as root but want to use "
Step 9 (Optional) :
If you do not want to have weird or new network interface name, you can refer to this link to fallback to kernel based name.
Or simply following the below step :
Then, reboot your box.
Know issue
As at April 22, 2013, CUDA and her related applications, such as pyrit, cudaHashcat-plus64.bin and Cryptohaze-Multiforcer do not work due to the Pentoo's hardened kernel. The workaround for Cryptohaze-Multiforcer is at here. Hope the development team can solve this problem as soon as possible.
That's all! See you.
Update Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
Customize Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
Pentoo is based on Gentoo and it is a Penetration Testing Linux distribution. The developers of Pentoo targetted their product for serious Pentesters. Pentoo is not for newbies as it is based on Gentoo which requires some Linux experience to master this distribution.
Hardware
CPU : Intel i7-3930K (6 cores, 12 cores with Hyper-Threading, Socket 2011)
Motherboard : ASUS SaberTooth X79
RAM : Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 32GB (4GB x 8)
Hard Drive : WD SATA III 3TB Red WD30EFRX
Display Card : Inno3D nVidia GeForce GTX 590 384bit 3072MB DDR5 x 2
Making of Bootable USB Pendrive
Use UNetbootin to make a bootable USB pendrive. Before booting, edit syslinux.cfg on the usb pendrive and add "nodetect" to the kernel line to prevent asking for password when boot. Unetbootin switches the bootloader and there was a mistake in the converted config file. This issue has been logged and fixed for the next release.
Live USB Boot to Desktop
Press
F8 to pop up the BIOS boot menu and DO NOT select the UEFI option of the USB pendrive.Once it is booted up, at the "
livecd" prompt type the following to bring up the ethernet card. Make sure you are connecting to the internet :dhcpcd eth0Type the following to build the latest version of nVidia display card driver :
mkxf86config.sh
eselect opengl set xorg-x11
nvidia-xconfigAfter that, type the following command to bring up the desktop :
startxLive USB Boot to Install
Step 0 :
Press
F8 to pop up the BIOS boot menu and DO NOT select the UEFI option of the USB pendrive.Step 1 :
dhcpcd eth0
layman -s pentoo
emerge -1 pentoo-installerpentoo-installerStep 1a :
If you have a hard drive that is larger than 2TB, you need to manual configure your partitions :
/dev/sda1 - /boot
/dev/sda2 - swap
/dev/sda3 - /Then following the menu to install step by step. At last, you will be asked for install the bootloader, you should install to
/dev/sda.Step 2 :
After the installation, remove the USB pendrive and reboot your box and login as root.
Next, clean up live configuration :
dhcpcd eth0Fix the /etc/inittab file :
rc-update delete fixinittab
emerge -1 sys-apps/sysvinitRemove live-related configuration :
rm /etc/gconf /usr/share/livecd
emerge -1 gnome-base/gconfThen, reboot your box again and login as root.
Step 3 :
(First time configuration)
You are advised to follow the prompt from the screen to do the update.
dhcpcd eth0
nano /etc/portage/make.confACCEPT_LICENSE="AdobeFlash-11.x Intel-SDP PUEL"# You may wish to edit your VIDEO_CARDS line to match your system better.
# nVidia users:
USE="binary-drivers cuda opencl qemu -doc -examples"
VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia fbdev vga vesa"# AMD (ATi) users :
USE="binary-drivers opencl qemu -doc -examples"
VIDEO_CARDS="fglrx fbdev vga vesa"If you are installing Pentoo to virtualbox or vmware, please use the following settings :
# Guest OS users should add virtualbox/vmware flags:
USE="binary-drivers opencl qemu -doc -examples"
VIDEO_CARDS="virtualbox fbdev vga vesa"Step 4 :
(First time update)
emerge --syncAfter that, you are required to react to the recommendation on the screen (which is usually in green colour). You may requried to update portage (if any), please do :
emerge --oneshot portageThen, you may prompt to do the following (if any) :
emerge @preserved-rebuild*** nVidia and cuda drivers are to be installed then. If AMD (ATi), no action to be taken.
Reboot the box and login as root again.
Step 5 :
If nVidia user :
nvidia-xconfigstartxTo update/upgrade the packages :
emerge --deep --update --newuse world -vtTo merge the config files (if any) :
etc-update*** select "
-3" to replace with the new config files and answer "yes" for all questions.To delete not necessary packages including unused video drivers :
emerge --depcleanTo rebuild anything when some packages are broken in the update :
emerge @preserved-rebuildTo update/upgrade the SVN packages :
smart-live-rebuildTo make sure there is no breakage after the update :
revdep-rebuildTo regenerate the main menu of Xfce window manager (you are required to do this step on each user) :
genmenu.py -xTo check if any config file need to be merge or not :
etc-updateTo clean up the box (remove old or not needed packages) :
eclean-dist -dTo rebuild X11 related drivers :
emerge @x11-module-rebuildTo set the java vm to the latest version :
eselect java-vm list
eselect java-vm set system icedtea-bin-7or
eselect java-vm set system 1*** if the icedtea-bin-7 is in the first item.
To recompile perl when it is upgraded :
perl-cleaner --modulesTo recompile python when it is upgraded :
python-updaterStep 6 :
After that, reboot and login as root.
If you would like the xfce4 window manager :
startxfce4Else, if you want to have e17 window manager :
startxThe network interface name will be changed to "
eno1" (due to udev-2000) for my box (you may need to use "ifconfig -a" to confirm :dhcpcd eno1startxfce4To make sure wicd will be launch without problem even you are login as normal user :
rc-update add wicd defaultStep 7 :
nano /etc/conf.d/hostnameChange to :
HOSTNAME="pentoo"*** or any hostname you like.
Step 8 (Optional) :
If you are AMD (ATi) user, you may need to do the following in order to launch the window manager :
rc-update add acpid boot*** If you login as normal user, you just "
startx" to xfce4 window manager.*** If you login as root but want to use "
startx" to xfce4 window manager, you need to :nano .xinitrc
exec ck-launch-session startxfce4
#exec enlightenment_startStep 9 (Optional) :
If you do not want to have weird or new network interface name, you can refer to this link to fallback to kernel based name.
Or simply following the below step :
ln -s /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rulesThen, reboot your box.
Know issue
As at April 22, 2013, CUDA and her related applications, such as pyrit, cudaHashcat-plus64.bin and Cryptohaze-Multiforcer do not work due to the Pentoo's hardened kernel. The workaround for Cryptohaze-Multiforcer is at here. Hope the development team can solve this problem as soon as possible.
That's all! See you.
Update Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
Customize Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
