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 1E9ZBQ-0001Z1-L1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:15:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7T2CrKE008621; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:12:53 GMT Received: from smtp.istop.com (smtp.istop.com [66.11.167.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7T29Gq8007619 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:09:17 GMT Received: from waltdnes.org (i216-58-17-238.cybersurf.com [216.58.17.238]) by smtp.istop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 75A522B3B2 for ; Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:28:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:11:13 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 22:11:12 -0400 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Any booby-traps with AMD64? Message-ID: <20050829021112.GA11320@waltdnes.org> References: <20050827034110.GA23024@waltdnes.org> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050827034110.GA23024@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 0464f598-d24f-4347-b780-6d4f73d53b7d X-Archives-Hash: 9733d74f9309d4def99ed731539766f7 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