Re: [gentoo-user] About to embark on x32

2013-04-10 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:46:33PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote > ...I'm considering x32 for its lighter memory footprint... For server use, I assume that it'll be a textmode-console-only system. There are probably better ways to lighten the memory footprint than x32. I started off with the "default

Re: [gentoo-user] About to embark on x32

2013-04-10 Thread Hinnerk van Bruinehsen
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:46:33PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > So I'm about to try setting up the x32 arch in a VM. I notice there's no > handbook for it, though there is for amd64 and x86. I'm considering x32 > for its lighter memory footprint... > > Does anyone know of any notable differences be

[gentoo-user] About to embark on x32

2013-04-09 Thread Michael Mol
So I'm about to try setting up the x32 arch in a VM. I notice there's no handbook for it, though there is for amd64 and x86. I'm considering x32 for its lighter memory footprint... Does anyone know of any notable differences between the setup process for amd64 and x32, or should I expect things to