Oldworld PPC install (gentoo newbie)

There are several possible changes to the documentation and kernel noted in the attached document.

Adjustments or changes I have made appear in red.  " ... " indicates laziness in typing where the Gentoo install text was used verbatim.  {text} is a placeholder for internal values such as IP addresses or partition names.

The BootX setup appears to need some additional parameters for the intial boot of at least an oldworld machine (found on the internet).

Inclusion of RTL-8139 ethernet support in the install kernel may also be desirable.  Fortunately I also have some tulip cards so this could be worked around in my case.

There are some questions concerning use of distcc in the compilation process using three PPC's without Gentoo installed. If anyone has some input it would be appreciated.

There is also a cloning process for the output of the machine to the others to prevent repeating the process three times.  Any indications of potential success or suggestions as to the proper cloning process would be appreciated.

If desired I will continue to update the attached document for reference of others.  Currently the machines are processing the emerge (4 of 5) sys-devel/gcc-3.4.1.r3 compile which is part of the bootstrap.sh script.

Thanks for your assistance and I hope at least some of this helps others.

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