Is it possible to use hardened stage 3?

[nembenike]

I usually use the hardened stage3 on my gentoo installs so im wondering if it's possible to do here?

[oddlama]

Yes! You can change the stage3 file that is being used directly in the configuration file:

gentoo-install/gentoo.conf.example

Lines 225 to 226 in 02db85b

	# The stage3 tarball to install
	STAGE3_BASENAME="stage3-$GENTOO_ARCH-systemd"

However, I cannot guarantee that this won't cause side effects. I'm not sure how different the hardened stage3 tarball is from the default one. Just try it and see if it works.

[nembenike]

Alright thanks, I'll close the issue now.

[oddlama]

Alright, I'd be glad if you could report back when you know if it worked :)
If not, I can maybe improve the installer.

[nembenike]

Hey, it indeed did work, but it probably would be easier if it was added to the gui. I know it doesn't take a lot of time to manually edit it, but it would be a handy feature. One thing that I saw during the install was that it couldn't verify the tarball.

[oddlama]

Thanks for the info, glad it worked as intended! I might add a small dropdown to select some of the more common options.

Regarding the verification: Unfortunately gentoo seems to change the digest file structure like their underwear :P
I've updated it at least twice in the last few weeks, but they keep changing details and in extension break the verification. I'll update it as soon as I have time.

[oddlama]

Reopening so I'll remember.