From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PQUuV-0005wu-N7 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:03:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 453D7E07B4 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 01:02:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vw0-f53.google.com (mail-vw0-f53.google.com [209.85.212.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6C96E0733 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 00:04:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so1553443vws.40 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=nXdJxVxG7BLhAixBKMgna1uoJVauqIk70y7nOF9hWgc=; b=a95NwHs6k9a44ZGK60fEfcfB6FHyzIy9FoMyRfO/sdAe9SH/IgoP5c5CIeOoD/Lzxu 6vN+BI6f3aR4ie2AYBnIv/XYFLj8WHtQtztONAxUV9Skj+3d+ZweeKtZDbR3bqgfguNX /waJeFHvD718WPMg3zyilQCw41hc1jb4fckHM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=aqyLgFdkvHQfzpvmPN40qToA6IAN79M+IUwKjxIj6Ci55miHmXgAD4TWyPcChDmAUE FolLzTGKr/LdZUGFV02WbUDkn6cYiiHC2ban90OdVS1YvmRFM7lXZ43EIZ8+c1Gcug5k q2GQrAHaE8eiBPP0va50tsjy7uXZzwoEoVRvE= Received: by 10.220.75.20 with SMTP id w20mr2344037vcj.34.1291853058197; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-95-133-127.jan.bellsouth.net [98.95.133.127]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j21sm351590vcr.34.2010.12.08.16.04.16 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:04:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D001CFF.60502@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:04:15 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101109 Gentoo/2.0.10 SeaMonkey/2.0.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 49f8c3af-0131-450c-8cf4-fa52c9dda084 X-Archives-Hash: a66ca5b56d29b89d643abfc34b3133a7 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Dale wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> First post here. I'm usually on gentoo user. I'm in the process of >> building a new system which will be 64 bit. I am looking for advice. I >> would like people to post things that I might run into that one wouldn't >> expect and some things that are different from x86. I was looking at >> something on my old rig and noticed the USE flag smp. I didn't know about >> that until I ran up on it. I learned something by pure dumb luck. >> >> I'm a long time Gentoo user. Installed it at the early stages of 1.4. I >> also use KDE and have fluxbox installed as a backup. The processor is a AMD >> Phenom II X4 955 @3.2Ghz. It will start out with one 4Gb stick of ram. I >> plan to expand that later. >> >> What are some things that I should watch for and enable that isn't so >> obvious for someone new to 64 bit? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dale >> > Hi Dale, > It's been so long since I've done anything that wasn't 64-bit so > it's hard to answer. I think the 64-bit install guide is quite good. > One thing that I think some folks (me included) do that differs from > the guide (at least the last time I read it) is to use grub-static > instead of grub. I suspect that's because it's 32-bit and more > compatible. > > Other than that I can't think of anything I do differently. > > Best of luck with the new install. I'm sure it will go great. > > Cheers, > Mark > > Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. I made a note of it. I certainly don't want that to mess up. lol Dale :-) :-)