Florian Philipp wrote: > Am 04.02.2011 01:27, schrieb Alan McKinnon: >> >> Yes, if you are real smart it can be done. But "real smart" really does >> mean >> "real smart" i.e. not for the faint of heart and certainly not worth >> being >> officially supported. >> > > Is the same true for more compatible arches like i486 -> i686? I have a > system where I used the wrong stage-3 and now I'm stuck with an i486 > CHOST on an Atom netbook where I could use every bit of performance.
Yep, that's about the same direction I was wondering about when asking my question. Specifically, I've been playing around with catalyst a bit in order to create my own stage3 tarballs and install discs. Works fine. But then I started to wonder about the following: I'd probably like to make my own stage3 and install disc i486 or even i386, so that it works "everywhere". Then, on whatever machine I install it, I would probably like to change the CHOST to something suitable for that machine, and that's actually what the comment in /etc/make.conf suggests against doing. As a result, I started to wonder why this is so, and what exactly would happen if done anyway. Of course, this is not really a big problem. I could create multiple stage3's with catalyst whenever I really need one to install on a machine and have that stage3 by of the right type for the machine right from the start. But still, always eager to learn, I thought I'd ask about the background behind all that stuff. ;-) Greetings, Nils
