i think, by using the system, i wouldn't notice better speed between stage 1 and stage 2. my two servers at home have gentoo linux installed with stage 2. (i was relatively new to linux and new to gentoo and thought, stage 1 would be to hard. ;)
why do 80%+ a stage 1 install? i think; -stage 1 install is fun (didn't try it until now, but isn't it?) -a stage 1 installer is rather voting at this pool (-; -good linux users might think: if gentoo, then stage 1 because i want see the whole prettiness... -----Original Message----- From: Mark Knecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 4:43 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Gentoo poll #4 results > > > 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 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
