Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, Alan Lord wrote: > >> Thanks Ken, >> >> Hmmmm it all sounds a bit too "messy" for my tastes. Perhaps 64bit isn't >> quite ready for action yet? >> > Well, your requirements are a bit heavy - bloatw^H^H^H^H^H^HOpenOffice > plus LAMP ;) These are still early days for x86_64. > > I'm *mostly* running pure64 these days, with only 3 things that don't
> work - grub, flash, realplayer. You can probably add other firefox > plugins to that list, if you use any. Some applications show occasional > problems compiling, but mostly they aren't a big deal. The only thing I > miss is realplayer, which is why I sometimes boot i686. My server is > also pure64, but the only noticeable things on it are fetchmail, > SpamAssassin, nfs-server, ntp, and a locally-accessible apache. > > Multilib, bar the wrinkles that still need to be ironed out, is ok > except for the knock-on effects on BLFS (a distro will put all of their > preferred changes and flags into their specfile or wherever, we have to > determine these things for ourselves). > >> I tend to build LFSs frequently and like to keep them as pure an >> unadaulterated as possible. >> >> Maybe I will build a "normal" 32bit linux and run with that for a while >> until I can build a nice and clean 64bit system... >> > > If you already build LFS (and BLFS) frequently, it shouldn't be a big > deal. But keep a working system around until you know everything works. > Use a 32-bit LFS to build your first 64-bit system and find out what you > like, and don't like, about it. And keep adequate notes! > > The great thing about building from a 32-bit host is that you have a > comfortable X desktop of your choice while you are creating the new LFS > system. > > Ken Hmmm, Thanks Ken. Your subsequent post has cleared my mind a bit. I hadn't really considered building a 32bit to act as my base and then move on to a 64bit from there. But seeing as I have a 200Gb disk and EVEN M$ has trouble filling it all, I do have plenty of space left for a couple of LFS/BLFS installations. I shall go and download the latest of the dev LFS books and start reading before I start - just so I know what sort of journey to expect... Thanks and have fun... :-) Al -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
