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handbook-ppc.xml handbook-ppc64.xml
handbook-sparc.xml handbook-x86.xml
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
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<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-alpha.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux Alpha Handbook</title>
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
<values>
<key id="arch">Alpha</key>
<key id="/boot">/dev/sda1</key>
+ <key id="release-dir">releases/alpha/2006.1/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-alpha-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-mieee -pipe -O2 -mcpu=ev6</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
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2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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2007/03/10 17:14:15 neysx Exp $ -->
<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook</title>
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
<key id="live-cd-name">livecd-amd64-installer-2006.1.iso</key>
<key id="live-cd-size">696</key>
<key id="release-dir">releases/amd64/2006.1/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-amd64-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-march=k8 -O2 -pipe</key>
<key id="online-book">handbook-amd64.xml</key>
</values>
@@ -137,8 +139,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.2</version>
-<date>2006-10-24</date>
+<version>7.3</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
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+<!-- $Header:
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<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-hppa.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux HPPA Handbook</title>
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
<values>
<key id="arch">HPPA</key>
<key id="/boot">/dev/sda2</key>
+ <key id="release-dir">releases/hppa/2006.1/hppa2.0/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-hppa2.0-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-march=2.0 -O2 -pipe</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
@@ -126,8 +129,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
1.7 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ia64.xml
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ia64.xml,v 1.6
2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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2007/03/10 17:14:15 neysx Exp $ -->
<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ia64.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux/IA64 Handbook</title>
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
<key id="min-cd-name">install-ia64-minimal-2006.1.iso</key>
<key id="min-cd-size">52</key>
<key id="release-dir">releases/ia64/2006.1/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-ia64-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-O2 -pipe</key>
<key id="online-book">handbook-ia64.xml</key>
</values>
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
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2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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2007/03/10 17:14:15 neysx Exp $ -->
<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux PPC Handbook</title>
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
<values>
<key id="arch">PPC</key>
<key id="/boot">/dev/hda1</key>
+ <key id="release-dir">releases/ppc/2006.1/ppc32/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-ppc-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-O2 -mcpu=powerpc -mtune=powerpc -fno-strict-aliasing
-pipe</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
@@ -132,8 +135,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml,v 1.70
2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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2007/03/10 17:14:15 neysx Exp $ -->
<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-ppc64.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux PPC64 Handbook</title>
<values>
<key id="arch">PPC64</key>
+ <key id="release-dir">releases/ppc/2006.1/ppc64/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-ppc64-64ul-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-O2 -pipe</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml,v 1.131
2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml,v 1.132
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<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux SPARC Handbook</title>
<values>
<key id="arch">SPARC</key>
+ <key id="release-dir">releases/sparc/2006.1/sparc64/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-sparc64-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-O2 -mcpu=v9 -pipe</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.1</version>
-<date>2006-08-30</date>
+<version>7.2</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
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<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE book SYSTEM "/dtd/book.dtd">
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml,v 1.158
2006/11/29 15:35:24 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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2007/03/10 17:14:15 neysx Exp $ -->
<book link="/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml">
<title>Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook</title>
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
<key id="live-cd-name">livecd-i686-installer-2006.1.iso</key>
<key id="live-cd-size">697</key>
<key id="release-dir">releases/x86/2006.1/</key>
+ <key id="stage3">stage3-i686-2006.1.tar.bz2</key>
<key id="online-book">handbook-x86.xml</key>
+ <key id="CFLAGS">-O2 -march=i686 -pipe</key>
</values>
<author title="Author">
@@ -140,8 +142,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>7.2</version>
-<date>2006-09-07</date>
+<version>7.3</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<part>
<title>Installing Gentoo</title>
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
-<!-- $Header:
/var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-stage.xml,v 1.104
2006/11/01 21:40:28 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header:
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<sections>
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
describe how you extract the stage3 archive and configure Portage.
</abstract>
-<version>7.4</version>
-<date>2006-11-01</date>
+<version>7.5</version>
+<date>2007-03-10</date>
<section>
<title>Installing a Stage Tarball</title>
@@ -55,20 +55,23 @@
<body>
<p>
-The next step you need to perform is to install the <e>stage3</e> tarball
-onto your system. You have the option of downloading the required
-tarball from the Internet or, if you are booted from one of the Gentoo
-Universal Installation CDs, copy it over from the CD itself. If you have a
-Universal CD and the stage you want to use is on the CD, downloading it from
-the Internet is just a waste of bandwidth as the stage files are the same. In
-most cases, the command <c>uname -m</c> can be used to help you decide which
-stage file to download.
+The next step you need to perform is to install the <e>stage3</e> tarball onto
+your system. You have the option of downloading the required tarball from the
+Internet or, if you booted one of the Gentoo Universal CDs, copy it over from
+the CD itself. If you have a Universal CD and the stage you want to use is on
+the CD, downloading it from the Internet is just a waste of bandwidth as the
+stage files are the same. In most cases, the command <c>uname -m</c> can be
+used to help you decide which stage file to download.
</p>
-<ul>
+<p>
+Minimal CDs, LiveCDs and LiveDVDs do not contain any stage3 archive.
+</p>
+
+<ul test="not(contains('AMD64 x86', func:keyval('arch')))">
<li><uri link="#doc_chap2">Default: Using a Stage from the Internet</uri></li>
<li>
- <uri link="#doc_chap3">Alternative: Using a Stage from the Installation
CD</uri>
+ <uri link="#doc_chap3">Alternative: Using a Stage from the Universal CD</uri>
</li>
</ul>
@@ -113,12 +116,21 @@
</p>
<p>
-Pick the <path>releases/</path> directory, followed by your architecture (for
-instance <path>x86/</path>) and the Gentoo version (<path>2006.1/</path>) to
-finish up with the <path>stages/</path> directory. There you should see all
-available stage files for your architecture (they might be stored within
-subdirectories named to the individual subarchitectures). Select one and press
-<c>D</c> to download. When you're finished, press <c>Q</c> to quit the browser.
+Move to the <path><keyval id="release-dir"/>stages/</path> directory. There you
+should see all available stage files for your architecture (they might be
+stored within subdirectories named after the individual subarchitectures).
+Select one and press <c>D</c> to download. When you're finished, press <c>Q</c>
+to quit the browser.
+</p>
+
+<p test="'x86'=func:keyval('arch')">
+Most PC users should use the <b><keyval id="stage3"/></b> stage3 archive. All
+modern PCs are considered i686. If you use an old machine, you can check the
+<uri link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I686";>list of i686-compatible
+processors</uri> on Wikipedia. Old processors such as the Pentium, K5, K6, or
+Via C3 and similar require the <b>i586</b> stage3. Only very old processors
+such as the 80386 and 80486 require the generic <b>x86</b> stage3 (and a huge
+amount of patience.)
</p>
<pre caption="Surfing to the mirror listing with links">
@@ -140,8 +152,8 @@
</p>
<pre caption="Example checking integrity of a stage tarball">
-# <i>md5sum -c stage3-x86-2006.1.tar.bz2.DIGESTS</i>
-stage3-x86-2006.1.tar.bz2: OK
+# <i>md5sum -c <keyval id="stage3"/>.DIGESTS</i>
+<keyval id="stage3"/>: OK
</pre>
</body>
@@ -167,11 +179,13 @@
want to extract a file, not standard input.
</p>
+<!-- MIPS uses its own hb-install-stage.xml file, any other arch?
<note>
Some architectures (e.g. MIPS) Installation CDs and boot images rely upon the
<c>tar</c> built into BusyBox which doesn't currently support the <c>v</c>
option. Use the <c>xjpf</c> options instead.
</note>
+-->
<p>
Now that the stage is installed, continue with <uri
@@ -181,18 +195,12 @@
</body>
</subsection>
</section>
-<section>
-<title>Alternative: Using a Stage from the Installation CD</title>
+<section test="not(contains('AMD64 x86', func:keyval('arch')))">
+<title>Alternative: Using a Stage from the Universal CD</title>
<subsection>
<title>Extracting the Stage Tarball</title>
<body>
-<impo test="contains('AMD64 x86', func:keyval('arch'))">
-If you are on <keyval id="arch"/> and using the Installer LiveCD, you will
-<e>not</e> have stages on your CD. You will have to follow instructions for
-<uri link="#doc_chap2">Using a Stage Tarball from the Internet</uri>.
-</impo>
-
<p>
The stages on the CD reside in the <path>/mnt/cdrom/stages</path> directory. To
see a listing of available stages, use <c>ls</c>:
@@ -390,32 +398,24 @@
</p>
<p>
-A first setting is the <c>-march=</c> flag, which specifies the name of the
-target architecture. Possible options are described in the
-<path>make.conf.example</path> file (as comments). For instance, for the x86
-Athlon XP architecture:
+A first setting is the <c>-march=</c> or <c>-mcpu=</c> flag, which specifies
+the name of the target architecture. Possible options are described in the
+<path>make.conf.example</path> file (as comments).
</p>
-<pre caption="The GCC march setting">
--march=athlon-xp
-</pre>
-
<p>
A second one is the <c>-O</c> flag (that is a capital O, not a zero),
which specifies the <c>gcc</c> optimization
class flag. Possible classes are <c>s</c> (for size-optimized),
<c>0</c> (zero - for no optimizations), <c>1</c>, <c>2</c> or <c>3</c> for more
speed-optimization flags (every class has the same flags as the one before,
plus
-some extras). For instance, for a class-2 optimization:
+some extras). <c>-O2</c> is the recommended default.
</p>
-<pre caption="The GCC O setting">
--O2
-</pre>
-
<p>
Another popular optimization flag is <c>-pipe</c> (use pipes rather than
temporary files for communication between the various stages of compilation).
+It has no impact on the generated code.
</p>
<p>
@@ -426,18 +426,20 @@
<p>
When you define the <c>CFLAGS</c> and <c>CXXFLAGS</c>, you should combine
-several optimization flags, like in the following example:
+several optimization flags. The default values contained in the stage3 archived
+you unpacked should be good enough. The following example is just an example:
</p>
-<pre test="contains('Alpha arm HPPA IA64 MIPS PPC PPC64 SPARC x86',
func:keyval('arch'))" caption="Defining the CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS variable">
-CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -pipe -O2"
-CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" <comment># Use the same settings for
both variables</comment>
+<pre test="not(func:keyval('arch')='AMD64')" caption="Defining the CFLAGS and
CXXFLAGS variable">
+CFLAGS="<keyval id="CFLAGS"/>"
+<comment># Use the same settings for both variables</comment>
+CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
</pre>
<pre test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64'" caption="Defining the CFLAGS and
CXXFLAGS variable">
-CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -pipe -O2" <comment># AMD64 users who want a native
64-bit system should use -march=athlon64</comment>
- <comment># EM64T users should use
-march=nocona</comment>
-CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" <comment># Use the same settings for both
variables</comment>
+CFLAGS="<keyval id="CFLAGS"/>" <comment># EM64T users should use
-march=nocona</comment>
+<comment># Use the same settings for both variables</comment>
+CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
</pre>
</body>
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