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 1PQT2E-0003rG-OB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:02:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55E7BE06B1 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E98CE055B for ; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 22:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwi18 with SMTP id 18so1590688wwi.10 for ; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HbfRIsH2SFKJA/TgS9y2s1WsRTg8C7vxbkRJcuHAsf8=; b=wugynooxe09jbjGaeaJ6hA6PCxtsuQj4GwNOncyVYtlo4qrXs+ftoRG87hCI7+HFIs V6UODtzLD13v/cyqealpKkRG2rqu88uYc3DA2OuUUL8CaJCa/Cgu3rgabZdQXqCxVoM6 3zdPw0ljSEUzY5QfyTQafsncBeLT5JYgrYaWo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qQxnAM5GJuBsLHrrWvH4vo9wMPfcfMlj97jwXlHxpx2GMZ8Zb8z3wUospaJ7/du+qK xr6VHBEvneOsVOUIypSAIsT5kVWA/ku63Hz01eutG+Q2iaeVfaxrNJ2dzySgsBgJZazU TFY4BfR77TBvmdmHJgHnNgjIPt42DBB5/ncY8= 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 Received: by 10.216.172.65 with SMTP id s43mr1168134wel.14.1291846998199; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.233.90 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:23:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:23:18 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 838ca6fc-9616-4cd7-9dff-dcff113778c3 X-Archives-Hash: 0ae0385d854ade579d7766c86d22b484 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Dale wrote: > Hi, > > First post here. =C2=A0I'm usually on gentoo user. =C2=A0I'm in the proce= ss of > building a new system which will be 64 bit. =C2=A0I am looking for advice= . =C2=A0I > would like people to post things that I might run into that one wouldn't > expect and some things that are different from x86. =C2=A0I was looking a= t > something on my old rig and noticed the USE flag smp. =C2=A0I didn't know= about > that until I ran up on it. =C2=A0I learned something by pure dumb luck. > > I'm a long time Gentoo user. =C2=A0Installed it at the early stages of 1.= 4. =C2=A0I > also use KDE and have fluxbox installed as a backup. =C2=A0The processor = is a AMD > Phenom II X4 955 @3.2Ghz. =C2=A0It will start out with one 4Gb stick of r= am. =C2=A0I > 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