At Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:58:07 +0000 Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:34:27 -0500 Allan Gottlieb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > | At Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:17:27 +0000 Ciaran McCreesh > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > The only way you can safely change CHOST is by making new stages > | > through catalyst. There're various scripts which *sometimes* fix > | > your system after a CHOST change, but they're not reliable... > | > | Does this mean that, if one needs a CHOST value not represented in any > | of the current stage3 tar files, your recommendation would be to begin > | with a stage1? > > Nope. You need a stage3 to build a stage1 with a new CHOST. In the faq (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12) I find. How do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball? The Gentoo Handbook only describes a Gentoo installation using a stage3 tarball. However, Gentoo still provides stage1 and stage2 tarballs. This is for development purposes (the Release Engineering team starts from a stage1 tarball to obtain a stage3) but shouldn't be used by users: a stage3 tarball can very well be used to bootstrap the system. You do need a working Internet connection. It surprises me that release engineering starts with a stage1 to get a stage3 and then we use this stage3 to build a stage1. I mention this only out of curiosity; there is a stage3 with my desired CHOST and I expect to do all future installs starting with stage3 (I formerly used stage1). thanks, allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
