Keske Saram said something like a ...

> How is the Gentoo installer? does it permit "hand-made" installations?

Yes in both cases ... read the Handbook on the web site for full details.
Look at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml - assuming you use
English primarily.

> I would like to start with a floppy as the boot disk, to get familiar
> with the Gentoo distribution, eventually, I would welcome a boot menu
> with Linux and Windows somewhere on a hard disk.
> Does Gentoo have any nice offering for that problem?

Yes; read all you can about GRUB (some prefer LILO).
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