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Gentoo on Raspberry Pi 5

A setup guide and a few helper scripts for installing Gentoo Linux (ARM64, systemd) on the 8 GB Raspberry Pi 5 from an Ubuntu host. Covers disk prep, stage-3 unpack, the QEMU-assisted chroot, the kernel build, and first-boot bring-up.

  • Gentoo
  • Raspberry Pi
  • ARM64
  • systemd
  • QEMU

Highlights

  • End-to-end install path from an Ubuntu host with `qemu-user-static` cross-arch chroot.
  • Partition + stage-3 + Portage bootstrap commands kept verbatim so they paste cleanly.
  • Kernel and firmware steps tuned to the Pi 5's bootloader and DTBs, not generic ARM.
  • Companion shell snippets and screenshots that show the expected end state.