(Start by booting your Live CD1. At the fancy boot w/ Gentoo Linux logo on it, push <ENTER>.)
(Hit F2-F3 if you have a RAID or PCMCIA laptop setup. You would now include dopcmcia or doataraid if you need it.)
(You will now see an even fancier boot screen, and then finally the root ("#") prompt on the console. Here we go.)
# date  (Make sure your time and date is correct. If wrong, set it with  date MMDDhhmmCCYY )
# modprobe module_name  (Optional- Load any modules, ie, network or scsi)
# ping -c 3 www.yahoo.com  (Check for network connectivity)
(If test fails try the below commands, or read the Networking chapter of the full Install Manual.)
# net-setup eth0  or  # dhcpcd eth0

Note: 
Now partition your drives. For more information read the Disk Partitioning chapter of the full Install Manual.
Use fdisk, cfdisk, parted or partimage. Recommended setup is a 64 meg boot volume with ext3,
 a swap partition twice the size of your available RAM (2 Gig limit per swap file), and the rest for your root partition using ReiserFS.  Don't wreck your data.

(Initialize your created partitions using the following applicable examples)
# mkswap /dev/hdax (swap)         # mke2fs /dev/hdax (ext2)  # mke2fs -j /dev/hdax (ext3)
# mkreiserfs /dev/hdax (reiserfs) # mkfs.xfs /dev/hdax (xfs) # mkfs.jfs /dev/hdax (jfs)
(Mount the partitions and unpack files)
# swapon /dev/hdax  (swap)
# mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo  (root)
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
# mount /dev/hdax /mnt/gentoo/boot  (boot)
# cd /mnt/gentoo
# ls /mnt/cdrom/stages/   (to see what is available on your CD)
# tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/stages/stage3-*.tar.bz2   (replace with whatever stage # you want to using)
(or you can download latest tarball online with lynx http://gentoo.oregonstate.edu/releases/x86/1.4/ )
# tar -xvjf /mnt/cdrom/snapshots/portage-*.tar.bz2 -C /mnt/gentoo/usr  (unpacking the portage tree)
# cp -R /mnt/cdrom/distfiles /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles  (copying files for later use)
# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage/packages
(Optional- Run mirrorselect now to choose mirrors. Automatic mode only works with no firewall.)
# cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
# mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update; source /etc/profile
# emerge sync  (Optional- Updates portage tree.)
(Stage 1 install only)(Stage 1 and 2 installs should use the Stage chapter of the full Install Manual.)
# nano -w /etc/make.conf
# cd /usr/portage
# scripts/bootstrap.sh   (Bootstrapping, takes long time.)
(Now stage 2 only, stage 1 continued)
# emerge system    (This takes a long time, which is why some prefer starting at stage3)
(Now stage 3 starts here)
(Optional- use the next 3 lines to backup and update your config files before we start changing things)
  # cp /etc/make.conf /etc/make.conf.backup
  # CONFIG_PROTECT="-*" emerge -u system
  # cp /etc/make.conf.backup /etc/make.conf
# ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/path/to/timezonefile /etc/localtime  (set timezone file)
# nano -w /etc/fstab  (now we setup your file system information)

# <fs>                  <mountpoint>    <type>          <opts>                  <dump/pass>
/dev/hdax               /boot           ext3            noauto,noatime          1 2
/dev/hdax               /               reiserfs        noatime                 0 1
/dev/hdax               none            swap            sw                      0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom      iso9660         noauto,ro,user          0 0
none                    /proc           proc            defaults                0 0
none                    /dev/shm        tmpfs           defaults                0 0
/dev/hdax               /mnt/dosc       ntfs            ro,noatime,umask=0222   0 0

# emerge -k sys-kernel/gentoo-sources  (Here is the list of kernels.)
# emerge -k genkernel  (for genkernel)
# genkernel  (--config for kernel options. Take note of kernel and initrd names when it finishes. You will need it later.)
(OR manual kernel build, also see the Kernel chapter of the full Install Manual.)
  # cd /usr/src/linux
  # make menuconfig  (include VM fs, /proc fs, /dev fs,  /dev fs auto mount at boot)
  # make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
  # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot
# emerge -k app-admin/syslog-ng    (This is your system logger. You can also use sysklogd, metalog, or msyslog.  See Full instructions.)
# rc-update add syslog-ng default  (rc-update configures what daemons load at boot)
# emerge -k sys-apps/vcron        (This is your CRON Daemon.  You can also use dcron or fcron if you like. See Full instructions.)
# rc-update add vcron default   
# emerge -k hotplug               (This detects any hardware that initrd does not detect)
# rc-update add hotplug default
(Optional- Get packages for file system tools and hardware)
  # emerge -k reiserfsprogs  (or xfsprogs, jfsutils, lvm-user)
  # emerge -k nvidia-kernel  (or pcmcia-cs, emu10k1, nforce-net, nforce-audio, e100, e1000, ati-drivers, rp-pppoe
  # VIDEO_CARDS="yourcard" emerge xfree-drm   (for ATI Radeon up to 9200, Rage128, Matrox, Voodoo and other cards)
# passwd   (sets root password)
# useradd your_user -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
# passwd your_user
# echo mymachine > /etc/hostname
# echo mydomain.com > /etc/dnsdomainname   (or skip this)
# nano -w /etc/hosts                          (Add your actual hostname to /etc/hosts so GNOME doesn't complain)
# nano -w /etc/conf.d/net                     (Don't skip this DHCP users. iface_eth0="dhcp")
# nano -w /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.4  (Add modules if you had to load any at boot, ie network and scsi)
# nano -w /etc/rc.conf                        (Follow the directions in this file to configure important basic settings.)
# rc-update add net.eth0 default              (This starts your network at boot)(not pcmcia though)
(Optional, use this code if you have more then one network adapter)
  # ln -s /etc/init.d/net.eth0 /etc/init.d/net.ethx
  # rc-update add net.ethx default  
(Optional- Laptop users make sure /etc/init.d/pcmcia looks correct)
  # rc-update add pcmcia boot   (Loads any PCMCIA cards and starts networking.)
(Install your GRUB bootloader) (Use the Boot Loader section of the full Install Manual for LILO.)

Note: GRUB counts hard drives from zero rather than "a" and partitions start at zero rather than one.
Only hard drives are counted, not atapi-ide devices. So the syntax is first integer indicates the drive number,
while the second integer indicates the partition number. Once again, please note that the partition numbers
are counted from zero, not from one. Your Linux partition /dev/hda1 is called (hd0,0) under GRUB.
Grub also has TAB completion)
# emerge -k grub
# grub  (next we will install GRUB on to your hard drive's MBR (master boot record))
grub> root (hd0,0)   (Tells GRUB the location of your boot boot partition.  /dev/hda1 is used here)
grub> setup (hd0)    (Install grub onto your MBR)
grub> quit
grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0)  (Optional- ATA RAID setups need the following)
# nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf  (Create the grub.conf file)

# Use the info from genkernel, subsitute at KV.(hd0,0)=bootpartition /dev/hda3=rootpartition. Actual file should be on seperate lines.
default 0
timeout 15
fallback 1
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=My example Gentoo Linux (genkernel)   # Below is an example for RAID setups    # Below needed only for people who dual-boot
root (hd0,0)                                title=Windows XP                         title=Gentoo Linux on RAID
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-KV root=/dev/hda3     root (hd0,5)                             root (hd0,0)
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-KV                    chainloader (hd0,5)+1                    kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/ataraid/dXpY

# etc-update
# exit; cd /
# umount /mnt/gentoo/boot; umount /mnt/gentoo/proc
# umount /mnt/gentoo
# reboot   (Don't forget to remove the bootable CD, and wait for the system to come back up.)
  # adsl-setup  (Optional, setup for adsl users.)
(Optional- The rest is loading binary packages from CD2 and configuring X)
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom  
# cp -a /mnt/cdrom/packages/* /usr/portage/packages/
# emerge -k xfree gnome kde
# /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config  (It is now recommend that you go onto the Desktop Configuration guide for additional info.)