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 1PQkDA-0005l0-Sc for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:23:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 44EE5E098F for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 17:23:20 +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 95690E0817 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:55:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so1828349vws.40 for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:55:28 -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=eGhP9IO0/QBxLj+bRwRxQOXNM5amlscPhblVubf1LHg=; b=uxd+hC5H47HUnzmRLRVVFvVePJpuRIKOSMTLTSAxtQ7WjOq1aUerUaITBZdsasiwop V4rqpkvzEEJ9+nQzf4bFQRnA0SeaSxII8zkoz5W/LZ7slq6ThB+GMjdBmP/wBQY2VsjA MDwDRtmEA5EWHRZ282YqyUWvXwJzRg1cIWCyc= 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=g+upMpEEYiJu5rbqgEZQ9x8QFU0BSaMo/fX3jxIpU9FCBfP+pDL9tOETYjJTBGfCqj tihEd88ADFJOe3OJX6hcYt85q75N0SxcJn+Q/uCw23/cmzIcujfKGLvzHQRGMGCl0/Rz asexboQdMSKV/eaUnY98o8dNyTWaZCfYwR264= Received: by 10.220.160.205 with SMTP id o13mr708583vcx.180.1291913728018; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:55:28 -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 fs21sm780885vbb.10.2010.12.09.08.55.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 09 Dec 2010 08:55:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D0109FC.7090605@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:55:24 -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> <4D00A5ED.3070205@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <1463292034-1291895910-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1043132697-@b3.c1.bise7.blackberry> <201012091552.55851.joost@antarean.org> In-Reply-To: <201012091552.55851.joost@antarean.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 013fe89c-d245-4c3e-a1b1-79c095dc0834 X-Archives-Hash: 02e12fedf0eb965446f34695776ce1a9 J. Roeleveld wrote: > On Thursday 09 December 2010 12:58:36 Paul Jewell wrote: > >> When I installed my system back in January, I started off with 64 bit only, >> and immediately hit a problem with grub compilation. I switched to >> multilib, and the installation went smoothly. I would recommend Pappy's >> seeds as a starting point for kernel configuration. Even if you don't use >> his seed, the debian resource to identify drivers is useful. If you need a >> link, I'll sort it out when I get home. I have not had any issues with the >> multilib setup, and compared to my old AthlonXP system it flies! >> > Ok, that's probably why it works for me then :) > I use multilib as I prefer the flexibility and didn't have to go with grub- > static for a while now. > > -- > Joost Roeleveld > > > I'm thinking, AT THE MOMENT, of going multilib and grub-static. That way down the road, I can switch to no-multilib and not have to reinstall grub. To simple huh? Dale :-) :-)