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| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso | < 21 hours ago | 2.5 GB | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.blake2b | < 21 hours ago | 178 Bytes | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.manifest.json | < 21 hours ago | 40.5 kB | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.packages.txt | < 21 hours ago | 21.5 kB | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.secureboot.cer | < 21 hours ago | 891 Bytes | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.secureboot.txt | < 21 hours ago | 534 Bytes | |
| gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.sha512 | < 21 hours ago | 178 Bytes | |
| README.md | < 22 hours ago | 2.8 kB | |
| Totals: 8 Items | 2.5 GB | 3 | |
Gentoo LiveCD Installer, RC4
A live USB image that installs Gentoo with a guided desktop wizard, or repairs a Gentoo system that does not start. It works on most 64-bit PCs and laptops.
This project is assisted by AI. AI coding agents wrote most of it, directed by the maintainer.
It is unofficial. It is not an official Gentoo release, and it is not made or endorsed by the Gentoo Foundation. Gentoo is a trademark of the Gentoo Foundation, Inc. and of Förderverein Gentoo e.V.
It is a release candidate. Install it only on a spare disk or a spare PC. An install erases the disk you choose. This build was tested in virtual machines, not yet on real hardware.
Source, documentation and known gaps: https://github.com/firesand/gentoo-live-installer
Check the download
sha512sum -c gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso.sha512
SHA-512: 84ad31f1a0665fdef54ed2a9695b04140615515f1beb4e4747e57feb56faafc72997dffeaff444c29b18532295ec152df4ee18b23135bad9c62f25915667ad49
Write the whole image to a USB stick of at least 8 GB with dd, caligula, Rufus in DD image mode or balenaEtcher. Everything on the stick is erased.
Before you start
- Secure Boot on: the first start shows blue screens once, so that the PC learns the key of this disc. Enroll it only if the fingerprint matches the one below.
- Installed system: it starts with GRUB, which is not signed. Turn Secure Boot off in the firmware settings before its first start.
- Kernels: the disc runs Linux 7.2.13. Installs get the newest Gentoo distribution kernel.
Files
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
.iso |
The disc image |
.sha512, .blake2b |
Checksums |
.manifest.json |
What went into the build and the checks it passed |
.packages.txt |
Every package on the disc |
.secureboot.cer, .secureboot.txt |
The disc's public Secure Boot certificate and its fingerprint |
License
The project is GPL-2.0-or-later, and the apps keep their own licenses: see tag rc4 of the GitHub repository for the source of everything made for this disc. The Gentoo packages on the disc are built from the Gentoo tree named in the repository's iso/pins.env, and .packages.txt lists their versions.
Secure Boot key of this disc
Secure Boot key of gentoo-installer-amd64-rc4-20261018T124555Z.iso
MokManager, "View key 0":
[Subject] CN=Gentoo installer live disc 2026-11-01 12:18 UTC
[Fingerprint] 07 7B 5F 1B 7D B5 CD A0 6F C2
90 FC D8 DF AC 9D 9C E3 2C 47
SHA-256 of ENROLL_THIS_KEY_IN_MOKMANAGER.cer: b92d3541a025b9b3c1ff3c465881013907d163dae3abdac609365b413dbf1465
The key was made for this ISO only and its private half was destroyed when the ISO
was built: it can sign nothing else. Enroll it only when the fingerprint matches.
