Gentoo.

[Matt G]

Spare week.....

I read on the gentoo forums about some install experiences.  Sounds like, if
you start from a stage 1 and then build xfree and kde after that, you're
looking at weeks and weeks of compile time (depending on your machine.)  I'm
on a PIII 733 with 512mb ram.  I don't want to spend 10 days
installing...but isn't one of the selling points of gentoo that very
building process?  The optimizations and everything?

If I start with a stage 3, and then install xfree and kde from a pre-built
package (I assume this can be done as an alternative to building the whole
thing), will I lose the essence of gentoo?

I want to be pure, but not at the risk of having my hardware become outdated
while I try to run an install.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Sissel" <James.Sissel at labone.com>
To: "KC Linux Users Group" <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: Gentoo.

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> >
>
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