[gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2
Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class machines. Do the 2008.0 iso beta 2 cover this arch? If not, what is the recommend minimal cd to use to install these machines? James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 17:03 +, James wrote: Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class machines. Do the 2008.0 iso beta 2 cover this arch? If not, what is the recommend minimal cd to use to install these machines? James The P2 should be able to handle every live-CD or stage3 for x86 or i686. P1 and K6 need i586. I'm not entirely sure but I suppose x86 means anything from i486 upwards (Gentoo doesn't support i386 anymore). If you can't find a Gentoo live-CD for i586, you could try Damn Small Linux (DSL). signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2
2008 is still in beta, but it should still work. I'd use 2007.0. Also, i sure hope you have a box setup for distcc. compiling gentoo on these old/slow procs could take days. deface On May 8, 2008, at 12:03 PM, James wrote: Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class machines. Do the 2008.0 iso beta 2 cover this arch? If not, what is the recommend minimal cd to use to install these machines? James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2
On Thu, 8 May 2008 at 5:03pm -, James wrote: Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class machines. Do the 2008.0 iso beta 2 cover this arch? If not, what is the recommend minimal cd to use to install these machines? James http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=2 -- Ian Hilt ian.hilt (at) gmail.com GnuPG key: 0x4AFC1EE3 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] installation cd for P1 P2
I'd recommend 2007 based on the below. I put 2007.0 on my PII 233 last fall. It does take a while, but it really didn't take that much longer than my AMD64 build - though, I don't think I put KDE on it, which I did on the AMD64. YMMV. FYI - you can always upgrade the 2007 profile to 2008. I just did that on my AMD64. And its a pretty smooth and slick process - I had always rebuilt a box to change distros before (usually after a few years of use and upgrades and not rebuilding just to change the distro either) so it was a first for me. So don't be afraid to use the 2007. Ben deface wrote: 2008 is still in beta, but it should still work. I'd use 2007.0. Also, i sure hope you have a box setup for distcc. compiling gentoo on these old/slow procs could take days. deface On May 8, 2008, at 12:03 PM, James wrote: Hello, I have an assortment of p1, p2 and old amd K6 (586) class machines. Do the 2008.0 iso beta 2 cover this arch? If not, what is the recommend minimal cd to use to install these machines? James -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
