Jarrod. I just burned a copy for a test CD. All yours :) On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 01:31:33PM -0600, Trevor Lauder wrote: > Jarrod Major said: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > I suppose I should take a gander at Gentoo to be fair. Trevor are you > > coming > > to the meeting tonight? If so, can I get a copy from you? Save me from > > downloading another ISO. > > > > Unfortunately, I had something come up tonight around that time that is a > much higher priority. I'm quite disappointed about it since I was looking > forward to this months presentation when it was mentioned a few days ago > :( > > As for the Gentoo CDs, I don't have the latest ISO image on me. Gentoo is > much like Debian in that emerge will keep your system updated the same way > apt-get does. You don't need to worry about downloading the latest > version and upgrading, emerge can take care of upgrading the software you > have installed and you're done. Now you could use an older ISO image, but > depending on which stage tarball you choose to use, it may increase the > number of packages you have to recompile off the start and upgrade. > > The ISO for Gentoo isn't that big though. If you want to start from > scratch and compile everything then you need the stage 1 tarball. A > bootable Gentoo livecd with the stage 1 tarball can be found: > ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/unix/Linux/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc4/x86/x86/livecd/gentoo-basic-x86-1.4_rc4.iso > > The stage 1 tarball livecd is only around 68 Meg. You can also download: > ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/unix/Linux/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc4/x86/x86/livecd/gentoo-3stages-x86-1.4_rc4.iso > which is a livecd that contains all 3 stage tarballs and you can use > whichever one you want. That ISO is only around 220 Meg. > > Here is a basic rundown on the stages: > > Stage 1: You start from scratch, pretty much the only step here is > bootstrapping the system. The bootstrap process "builds binutils, gcc, > gettext, and glibc, rebuilding binutils, gcc, and gettext after glibc". > This takes a bit :) > > Stage2: You start off with a bootstrapped system, now you need to install > the rest of the system software that makes up a basic Linux system. > > Stage3: You start off with a bootstrapped system, and system software is > already installed. However, you will need to update some of the software > since the versions on the ISO are probably out of date already. > > You can read through the install doc at: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml before you start if > you want to get an idea on the steps involved. I should also note that if > you start off with a stage 2 or stage 3 tarball, your system won't be as > fully optimized from the start for your CPU. Since 1.4 is still in rc > stage, they haven't released stage 1, 2, and 3 tarballs for each CPU yet > (ie, Pentium, Pentium2, K6/2, Pentium3, etc). Once 1.4 reaches final they > will do this, but for the time being stage 2 & 3 will be pre-optimized for > generic x86. If you want to compile for your PII then you will need to > start with a stage 1 tarball. > > Cheers, > > -- > Trevor Lauder > Web: http://www.thelauders.net > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ > Gentoo Powered > > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes > a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite > direction." -- Albert Einstein >
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