参考：http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_VMware_4_in_Windows_NT/2K/XP

第一关：虚拟机的网卡

mware有三种模式：

桥接模式：把虚拟机当成一个真正主机，端口全部对外开放。

NAT模式：与host共享网卡上网，如果要ssh必须在vmware 的nat tab中进行端口映射。

host－only模式：与主机完全分离的模式。

最简单最好用的就是nat模式了，如果不把虚拟机当成服务器使用，建议使用NAT模式。

把ssh端口22 映射出来。

第二关：内核配置

配置内核首先要对自己的机器硬件环境非常熟悉，只有配置好了驱动才能正常的使用机子。

可以使用lspci和lsmod，查看检测到的设备以及livecd加载的所有模块。这样才配置内核时可以参考配置。

 VMWare Tools

VMware Tools uses Kernel Loadable Module support to load and unload its driver(s).

Loadable module support  --->
  [*] Enable loadable module support
  [*]   Module unloading
  [*]   Automatic kernel module loading

 Intel PCI/ISA Bridge

Bus options (PCI etc.) --->
  [*] PCI Support
  [*] ISA Support

SCSI Controller

LSI Logic

Linux Kernel Configuration: LSI Logic SCSI adapter

Device Drivers ---> Fusion MPT device support ---> <*> Fusion MPT (base + ScsiHost) drivers OR <*> Fusion MPT ScsiHost drivers for SPI [kernel 2.6.13] Device Drivers ---> SCSI device support ---> <*> SCSI device support <*> SCSI disk support SCSI low-level drivers ---> <*> SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI support

By default, VMware virtual machines provide a BusLogic SCSI controller and a SCSI hard drive. Your new kernel should have these device drivers for them:

Device Drivers  --->
  SCSI device support  --->
     <*> SCSI device support
     <*>   SCSI disk support
           SCSI low-level drivers  --->
              <*> BusLogic SCSI support

 CDROM

Device Drivers  --->
  ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support  --->
     <*> Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/tape/floppy support
     <*>   Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support
     [*]   PCI IDE chipset support
     [*]   Generic PCI bus-master DMA support
     <*>     Intel PIIXn chipsets support

File systems  --->
  CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems  --->
    <*> ISO 9660 CDROM file system support
    [*]   Microsoft Joliet CDROM extensions

Network

You will need to enable the following to get basic packet and TCP/IP support.

Networking   --->
  [*] Networking support
      Networking options  --->
        <*> Packet socket
        <*> Unix domain sockets
        [*] TCP/IP networking

PCnet-PCI II

Linux Kernel Configuration: Network

Device Drivers ---> Network Device support ---> [*] Network device support Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) ---> [*] Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) [*] EISA, VLB, PCI and on board controllers <*> AMD PCnet32 PCI support

Audio

Device Drivers  --->
  Sound  --->
     <*> Sound card support
         Advanced Linux Sound Architecture  --->
            <*> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
            <*> OSS Mixer API
            <*> OSS PCM (digital audio) API
                PCI devices  --->
                   <*> (Creative) Ensoniq AudioPCI 1371/1373

udev Support

File Systems  --->
  Pseudo filesystems  --->
    <*> /proc file system support
    < >   /proc/kcore support
    <*>   Sysctl support (/proc/sys)
    <*> sysfs file system support
    <*> Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)

第三关：安装gnome

按照官方文档，安装gnome的时候出现循环依赖。解决办法是：

USE="-qt3 -qt4 -arts -kde X dbus gtk gnome hal avahi"
去掉最后边的avahi。

关于每个use标示的意义可以在/usr/portage/profiles/use.desc中查看。

还有就是use中最好去掉-doc 很容易导致循环依赖。