Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > > Releases are not very important for Gentoo, if you have a live > > > internet connection (which is not REQUIRED, but will make your system > > > a lot more useful with Gentoo) after the whole process you'll get the > > > latest Gentoo anyway. > > I think the idea is to skip the five hour gcc/glibc update by starting > > from newer binaries in a hypothetical 2006.1 stage3. > But you gotta wait months for new releases, while (like you said) it > only take a few hours to update (if you WANNA update, because I still > use gcc 3.4.6). And it can be done in the background, while you use > the system anyway. > I started my post with "Since I've got to install a web server on an older machine (PIII)" I managing 8 gentoo systems already. It's a new install. I can wait a few days to test out the new 2006.1 installation media & methods...... Or maybe find the location of an x86 image in testing. My experiences with 2006.0 were less than spectacular, although things worked in the end, a lot of manual hacking was required to complete the installation process. I was just looking for a little 'insider info' not a thesis on Linux installations.... And YES installation media is very important for Gentoo, to attract new members to the Gentoo community.... and to simplify the life of those admins that are managing many systems and performing new installation. ymmv, James -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
