Gentoo.

[James Sissel]

I've done several installs of Gentoo from both Stage1 and Stage3.  Starting
Stage 3 you compile your own Linux kernel.  You compile your own kernel so
you can have one that works for your machine instead of one of the "generic"
ones that do everything.  The whole idea of Gentoo is to customize Linux for
your box to make it better, faster, and more secure.

BTW - I compiled XFree and KDE on a 400MHz AMD K6-2.  If you don't have a
free week then don't try that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Fowler [mailto:JFowler at westrope.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:56 PM
To: Rich Edelman; Chris Wagner; KC Linux Users Group
Subject: RE: Gentoo.

Well, I've never installed from stage 3 before, but then why doesn't it list
it as a requirement for installation in the Gentoo install howto? Are you
absolutely sure it doesn't have a default pre-built kernel?

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-ppc-install.xml

stage tarball requirements for installation 
1 partition/file system setup, emerge sync, bootstrap, emerge system, emerge
ppc-sources, final configuration 
2 partition/file system setup, emerge sync, emerge system, emerge linux
sources, final configuration 
3 partition/file system setup, emerge sync (optional), final configuration 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Edelman [mailto:redelman at speedscript.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:50 AM
> To: Chris Wagner; KC Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: Gentoo.
> 
> 
> Minor correction here... a stage 3 tarball does NOT have a 
> kernel for your 
> system.
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Thursday 22 May 2003 10:56 am, Jeremy Fowler wrote:
> > still have to emerge the system and kernel. Stage3 has 
> everything from 1
> > and 2, plus the basic system and a kernel already built for 
> your system.
> 
> 
> 
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