From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E9aHd-0000zC-HF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:26:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7T3NMW5003835; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:23:22 GMT Received: from ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au (mail-iinet.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.196]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7T3IZae009051 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 03:18:36 GMT Received: from 203-59-214-61.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO moriah.localdomain) (203.59.214.61) by ihug-mail.icp-qv1-irony2.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 29 Aug 2005 10:44:32 +0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2F66ED3 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:44:30 +0800 (WST) Received: from moriah.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (moriah [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24922-02 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:44:23 +0800 (WST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by moriah.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C8567D3 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:44:23 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any booby-traps with AMD64? From: "W.Kenworthy" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20050829021112.GA11320@waltdnes.org> References: <20050827034110.GA23024@waltdnes.org> <20050829021112.GA11320@waltdnes.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 10:44:22 +0800 Message-Id: <1125283462.20471.26.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain X-Archives-Salt: 646440fe-dc93-4410-91db-d65b0fdc0992 X-Archives-Hash: 0f83be8efee67ac0ec6e0107ca2f1a88 On my last few installs I have used LVM2: magic as it means you can easily and transparently resize partitions and add new drives with minimal downtime. Partition size choices are no longer such a limiting factor. Highly recommended. BillK On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 22:11 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: > I've got my bright shiney (would you believe dull beige-coloured?) new > toy, and I'm working on the install now. A few anxious newbie moments... > > - when I tried unscrewing the dialup-modem-connector cable from my old > machine, I ended up with the thumbscrew in my hand, and the modem > connector still firmly connected... oops. It took several minutes of > screwing in, unscrewing, and wiggling around to get it out. I have > used my dialup account on occasion when my ADSL ISP was down so I do > want to keep the dialup option. I'll remove the thumbscrews before > inserting the connector onto my new machine. > > - the install CD couldn't find /dev/hda ... because the SATA drive > shows up as /dev/sda (dohhh) > > - when I first tried chrooting, it failed with an "Exec format error". > After a bit of googling, I finally figured out that I had grabbed my > ***32-bit X86*** Gentoo 2005.1 install CD and tried to install the > 64-bit version (dohhh). Download and burn the AMD64 install ISO, wipe > /dev/sda1 and restart. > > I've gone with 12 gigs for /dev/sda1, 2 gigs for /dev/sda5 (swap), and > the rest of the drive is /dev/sda6, which will be mounted as /home. I'm > using ReiserFS, as the Gentoo AMD64 guide seems a bit dated, with > references to 2004.3. The references to 32-bit compilation are somewhat > confusing. It looks like I have two choices... > > 1) Building my system with the "multilib" flag and *MANUALLY* building > stuff with the "m32" flag. Stuff should probably go to /usr/local. > > 2) A complete chrooted environment into which I do a full-blown 32-bit > X86 (*NOT* AMD64) install. > > -- > Walter Dnes > My musings on technology and security at http://tech_sec.blog.ca -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list