On 3/20/06, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, I installed Gentoo on my four systems a while ago and I've just > acquired a couple of new-to-me P3-500's. I'd like to install Gentoo > on these new systems but I'm a little confused by the changes made to > the installation process recently. I've never done anything but a > stage 1 installation, but I remember reading that those instructions > were removed from the installation documentation, and now I see a GUI > and a command line installer on the latest LiveCD. What is currently > the best installation method if I'm in the stage 1 mindset? > > - Grant >
Stage3 offers everything that a Stage1 does, it's just faster. Especially on those 500 Mhz systems, I'd use the Stage3. If you really must build every package by hand, use the Stage3 install, and then do a 'emerge -e system'. This will cause it to rebuild every package. On those systems though, unless you're using distcc or a cross-compiler on a faster system, stick with the Stage3 install so you don't spend 24+ hours bootstrapping. Mike -- [email protected] mailing list
