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Complete new restore

Format system

fdisk /dev/<device>
n
p
w
mkfs.ext4 /dev/<devicepartion>

Mount system

mount /dev/<devicepartion> /mnt/gentoo

Mount and extract remote backup archive

mkdir /mnt/backup
mount -t cifs -o username=<username>,password=<password> //<hostname>/<share> /mnt/backup
cd /mnt/gentoo
tar -xvf /mnt/backup/backup-<name>-<date>.tar.bz2

Chroot system

mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/gentoo/sys
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile
export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"

Install the bootmanager

grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
grub-install --no-floppy /dev/sda