On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 01:26:41AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: > fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:45:51AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: > >> fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > >>> I have a shiny new System76 laptop with a "3rd Generation Intel Core > >>> i7-3720QM Processor (2.60GHz 6MB L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading)". > >>> > >>> It comes with Ubuntu, so naturally my first move was to split the Ubuntu > >>> partition in half and install gentoo. I will say no more about my first > >>> experiences with Unity. > >>> > >>> The Ubunto uname -a says "3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 > >>> 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux". > >> Take note - it's a x86_64 host environment. > >> > >>> I installed the latest stage3 tarball and set up make.conf as > >> Which stage3 tarball exactly? > > > > Maybe that's part of my confusion -- I was following the x86 handbook, not > > amd64, because it's not amd. But if amd64 should be used for all 64 bit > > installs, that's probably my problem. > > > > As for the exact stage3 tarball, the ftp choice was > > "gentoo/releases/x86/current-stage3". This was about Sep 10. > > > > It will work if you chroot as described in my previous message. linux32 > is a symlink to setarch so you can read the setarch manpage if you're > curious as to why it is necessary. Still, unless you have a particular > reason not to avoid using an amd64 stage tarball, I'd suggest starting > over with one.
Nope, just ignorance, thinking that amd64 shouldn't be used with an intel processor. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / fe...@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o