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Please see the Gentoo Handbook
for the complete installation documentation.
It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process.
In brief, a stage 3 is a minimal set of Gentoo binaries that can upgrade and expand itself (but not much more, i.e., no kernel
or boot loader). The desktop version already contains additional programs needed in a typical desktop installation. The installation CD can be
used to boot and, well, install Gentoo.
For additional highly experimental downloads across all architectures please refer to the complete experimental downloads archive. Hic sunt dracones.#