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 1QkkfF-0004Ih-FN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:27:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4157F21C3A6; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:27:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E8A21C14D for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:25:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh22 with SMTP id 22so2912755wyh.40 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:25:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=SjplglVyFOLAl6t2xkxPlJ8gnH0eeI48asKLZni0/Ak=; b=izTkycU+o6g9XuVYP2lLQje7/M/sHeHSyG+0T/1Fk+8F2POfWvlgo7VcqKlS3W7rWF 4TVbFmFMwP8J7YvC8WGRtmjwCjGZWiUz0PE4Lj4mTE1ZilJF6xLD3p7Xk+DYBTCFAP7/ uA8+cm67ZYx0w8RiJAX5O79SmrQSFxPPxH4sM= Received: by 10.227.197.141 with SMTP id ek13mr2545729wbb.49.1311459925967; Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:25:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (196-215-57-66.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.215.57.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n18sm3031478wbh.23.2011.07.23.15.25.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:25:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo, new computer, still a bit confused Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:24:41 +0200 Message-ID: <1409651.uNA6jy4sKx@nazgul> User-Agent: KMail/4.6.1 (Linux/2.6.39-ck-r1; KDE/4.6.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <201107231611.22183.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <4E2A297D.4070709@gmail.com> <4E2ACC80.3060908@gmail.com> <201107231611.22183.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f0a83a351e66cda57cae2a20f04a53ae On Saturday 23 July 2011 16:11:20 Mick did opine thusly: > > So, if I choose the amd64 iso and Stage 3, it doesn't have to be > > on an AMD machine? > > Correct, you will use this iso (or systemrescueCD or Knoppix) and a > Staqe 3 equivalent to build a system on an Intel 64bit CPU. Just to flesh it out a bit more: The name amd64 came about because it's the 64 bit instruction set that AMD designed for their 64-bit chips. There was an earlier 64 bit cpu from Intel, but we don't talk about it anymore (and it has nothing to do with this topic). Anyway, the name is a nod to the company that designed it, and has nothing to do with the manufacturer of your CPU. Intel later had to eat humble pie and implement AMD's design just to stay relevant in the market, that's why 64 bit Intel chips run on an architecture that Gentoo calls amd64. The 32 bit design is called x86 because that was the general name in use for 20+ years prior. Most other distros call the amd64 design by the name x86_64 or similar, Gentoo is the most visible exception. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com