Re: [gentoo-amd64] error updating deep world gentoo general

2006-01-23 Thread Bob Sanders
Gavin Seddon, mused, then expounded: For imaging we use SGI Octane or Octane 2 however I have found recent Nvidia graphics cards to be as good, here at least I stick to crt SGI monitors; they are cheap and perform. Also, Irix (SGI OS) is awful. For weeks now I've been trying to install ssh.

[gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Darren Grant
I'm currently looking to build a cost effective web/email server. I'm considering using an ASUS A8N-E with an x939 Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2Ghz processor. I'm also hoping to use RAID-1 over dual SATA2 drives. In researching gentoo and SATA2, I've come across numerous problems that people are

[gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Thierry de Coulon
Hello all, I have been a Linux user for over five years - mostly using SuSE first, then Debian based distributions, but from time to time toying with Gentoo. Now I'm in the process of building an Opteron based machine and decided it would be a good idea to build a Gentoo-amd64 distribution.

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Monday 23 January 2006 23:47, Thierry de Coulon wrote: Hello all, I have been a Linux user for over five years - mostly using SuSE first, then Debian based distributions, but from time to time toying with Gentoo. Now I'm in the process of building an Opteron based machine and decided it

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Mark Haney
Thierry de Coulon wrote: Hello all, I have been a Linux user for over five years - mostly using SuSE first, then Debian based distributions, but from time to time toying with Gentoo. Now I'm in the process of building an Opteron based machine and decided it would be a good idea to build a

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Jason
Thierry de Coulon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip] - are there special points I should pay attention to or can I simply follow the amd64 install instruction? Executable file formats / Emulations -- [*] IA32 Emulation [*] IA32 a.out support jason. --

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread lnxg33k
Thierry de Coulon wrote: Hello all, I have been a Linux user for over five years - mostly using SuSE first, then Debian based distributions, but from time to time toying with Gentoo. Now I'm in the process of building an Opteron based machine and decided it would be a good idea to build a

Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Florian D.
perhaps not exactly the information you want, but I own a mass storage controller from Promise Technology (SATAII 150 TX4, rev 02) and run 2 SATA1 drives with it. These drives are part of a raid-array and are running flawlessy. If you have problems with your mobo, you could think of buying

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Monday, 23 January 2006 22:08, Mark Haney wrote: For those with only 32-bit programs available (Flash is the big one, IMHO) there are special 32-bit binaries you can download and run without compiling. I don't care for flash. I was more thinking of DivX and win32 codecs used by Xine or

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Monday, 23 January 2006 22:19, lnxg33k wrote: It's always good to know your system, but the entire installation process is rather painless (minus my experience with Grub which isn't architecture dependent). You'll want to learn more about the CPU if you plan on developing for it, but as a

Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Darren Grant
Homer Parker wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 13:30 -0800, Darren Grant wrote: I'm currently looking to build a cost effective web/email server. I'm considering using an ASUS A8N-E with an x939 Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2Ghz processor. I'm also hoping to use RAID-1 over dual SATA2 drives. In

Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Jordi Molina
On 1/23/06, Darren Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently looking to build a cost effective web/email server. I'm considering using an ASUS A8N-E with an x939 Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2Ghz processor. I'm also hoping to use RAID-1 over dual SATA2 drives. In researching gentoo and SATA2, I've

Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Homer Parker
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 13:30 -0800, Darren Grant wrote: I'm currently looking to build a cost effective web/email server. I'm considering using an ASUS A8N-E with an x939 Athlon 64 x2 3800+ 2Ghz processor. I'm also hoping to use RAID-1 over dual SATA2 drives. In researching gentoo and

Re: [gentoo-amd64] SATA2 Recommendations

2006-01-23 Thread Stefan Trenker
Hai Darren, I am running an x939 Athlon 64X2 3800+ with an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Board, newest BIOS flashed (1016). I am running a dual boot WinXP + Gentoo on am RAID 1 (so I need the BIOS RAID) My findings are as follows: - 1. the HD's (2x250GB Samsung SATA-II) were plugged into the nVidia SATA

Re: [gentoo-amd64] 64 newbie

2006-01-23 Thread Etienne Imguimbert
Here you will find some answers to most questions amd64 users should have: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-221361.html Best regards, Etienne 2006/1/24, Thierry de Coulon [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Monday, 23 January 2006 22:19, lnxg33k wrote: It's always good to know your system, but the entire