> > 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
That sounds pretty good to me. So if I do a stage 3 install as per the current Gentoo docs plus 'emerge -e system' I will end up with the same thing that I did with a stage 1 install? I remember thinking that I was getting a deeper level of optimization by starting with stage 1. I can't remember the details anymore though. - Grant -- [email protected] mailing list
