Chris, I beg to differ, have you read the install instructions lately? The iso's are now in the order of 540 MB and include binary packages (called GRP - gentoo refernce package) of X, kde, gnome and openoffice compiled for the architecture you download,
This speeds up install. the iso i downloaded is http://linux.citylink.co.nz/gentoo/releases/1.4_rc2/x86/athlon-xp/livecd/gentoo-grp-athlon-xp-1.4_rc2.iso there is a similar iso for athlon-mp athlon-xp athlon i586 i686 pentium3 (includes p4) x86 x86 is a small iso in case you want to do the whole thing from scratch. (38.9MB) Anyway I got Paul the iso at 128k (see Paul, you coulda done it LOL) and it will be burned between end of work and start of meeting tonight (fingers crossed) On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:43:01 +1300 Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:45, Nick Rout wrote: > > OK Its downloading now. > > What are you getting? > > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:10:23 +0000 > > > > Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > if someone is to download it they need to know your architecture - > > > > athlon, p4, whatever! > With all due respect, this is totally incorrect. > The primary feature of Gentoo is that everything is compiled to suit your > machine. The secondary feature is that as a result of this, the problems > other distribution have with library dependencies just go away. > > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
