> > > Stage 1 tarball installs enough to get things rolling so a > system can be built. Then it builds the system optimized > for your computer. It takes a while but works well. >
Sure, I get that much, but if 80+ % are doing it this way, what's the advantage? I'm sure there must be one, but I didn't think I'd be so convincingly in the minority! ;-) I think coming up from Stage 1 the C compiler and everything that ends up on your system is built on your system, correct? I would guess this might be more stable than a Stage 3 install where a lot of early stuff is built elsewhere, but I've had zero problems with my Stage 3 machines so I hadn't thought there would be a big advantage of doing a Stage 1. I think I'm missing the point. ;-) Cheers, Mark -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
