[gentoo-user] 2008.0 install media

[gentoo-user] 2008.0 install media

[James]

Hello

Anyone know what's up with this status page?

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2008.0/index.xml


I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping to 
test drive 2008.0....



James

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Re: [gentoo-user] 2008.0 install media

[Daniel Pielmeier]

James schrieb:
> Hello
> 
> Anyone know what's up with this status page?
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2008.0/index.xml
> 
> 
> I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping to 
> test drive 2008.0....
> 
> 
> 
> James
> 

Read here www.gentoo.org
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2008.0 install media

[darren kirby]

quoth the James:
> Hello
>
> Anyone know what's up with this status page?
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2008.0/index.xml
>
>
> I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping to
> test drive 2008.0....
>
>
>
> James

http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080401-release-beta1.xml

-d
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Re: [gentoo-user] 2008.0 install media

[Pongracz Istvan]

2008. 04. 1, kedd keltezéssel 17.36-kor James ezt írta:
> Hello
> 
> Anyone know what's up with this status page?
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2008.0/index.xml
> 
> 
> I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping to 
> test drive 2008.0....
> 

Hi James,

I made a fresh 2007.0 profile based i686 optimized livecd + stage3 in
middle of March.
This is an U N O F F I C I A L release!!!
But I use the catalyst to create it, which is an excellent tool, thanks
to the release engineering team.

You can read/download it from here:
http://www.osbusiness.hu/?lang=en&page_name=gentoolinux

AFAIK the releng team are working on the next release (2008.0) but I do
not know the details.

Cheers,
István
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[gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[James]

Pongracz Istvan <pongracz.istvan <at> gmail.com> writes:


> > I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping to 
> > test drive 2008.0....

> AFAIK the releng team are working on the next release (2008.0) but I do
> not know the details.


Thanks to all that responded. I guess I'll be messing around with the beta
versions.....

Thanks to all for info...
(I did not look at gentoo.org for a few days.....)


James




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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:46:49 +0000 (UTC)
James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Pongracz Istvan <pongracz.istvan <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> > > I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping
> > > to test drive 2008.0....
> 
> > AFAIK the releng team are working on the next release (2008.0) but
> > I do not know the details.
> 
> 
> Thanks to all that responded. I guess I'll be messing around with the
> beta versions.....
> 
> Thanks to all for info...
> (I did not look at gentoo.org for a few days.....)
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 

Install from 2007.0 with interet:
	- most recent stage3
	- most recent portage
	therefore most recent system
Install from 2008.0-beta with internet:
	- same stage3
	- same portage
	therefore same system

net benefit of 2008.0:  none.
net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[darren kirby]

quoth the Dan Farrell:

> net benefit of 2008.0:  none.

The benefit is that the beta gets tested, and we all move that much closer to 
a stable 2008.0 release. 

> net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:18:05 -0600
darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org> wrote:

> quoth the Dan Farrell:
> 
> > net benefit of 2008.0:  none.
> 
> The benefit is that the beta gets tested, and we all move that much
> closer to a stable 2008.0 release. 

True, I suppose.  I tend to be a little draconian with my dismissal of
the liveCDs I guess.  I usually install from another system these
days.  

> > net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)
> 
> -d
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[Neil Walker]

Dan Farrell wrote:
> Install from 2007.0 with interet:
> 	- most recent stage3
> 	- most recent portage
> 	therefore most recent system
> Install from 2008.0-beta with internet:
> 	- same stage3
> 	- same portage
> 	therefore same system
>
> net benefit of 2008.0:  none.
> net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)

Wrong. There is a 2008.0-beta stage to go with the Install/LiveCD. 
Alternatively, you can use an updated  2007.0  stage  from  Funtoo  
(Daniel  Robbins) with either. ;)

Be lucky,
Neil
 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[Dan Farrell]

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:18:33 +0100
Neil Walker <neil@ep.mine.nu> wrote:

> Dan Farrell wrote:
> > Install from 2007.0 with interet:
> > 	- most recent stage3
> > 	- most recent portage
> > 	therefore most recent system
> > Install from 2008.0-beta with internet:
> > 	- same stage3
> > 	- same portage
> > 	therefore same system
> >
> > net benefit of 2008.0:  none.
> > net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)
> 
> Wrong. There is a 2008.0-beta stage to go with the Install/LiveCD. 
> Alternatively, you can use an updated  2007.0  stage  from  Funtoo  
> (Daniel  Robbins) with either. ;)
> 
> Be lucky,
> Neil
>  
> 
All right, fair enough.  A new beta stage.  But still probably not
perfectly current, nor optimized for the system.  Darren's reason was
better ;-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[ionut cucu]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:09:27 -0500
Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx> wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:46:49 +0000 (UTC)
> James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > Pongracz Istvan <pongracz.istvan <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > 
> > > > I've got several boxen that need to be installed so I was hoping
> > > > to test drive 2008.0....
> > 
> > > AFAIK the releng team are working on the next release (2008.0) but
> > > I do not know the details.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks to all that responded. I guess I'll be messing around with
> > the beta versions.....
> > 
> > Thanks to all for info...
> > (I did not look at gentoo.org for a few days.....)
> > 
> > 
> > James
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Install from 2007.0 with interet:
> 	- most recent stage3
> 	- most recent portage
> 	therefore most recent system
> Install from 2008.0-beta with internet:
> 	- same stage3
> 	- same portage
> 	therefore same system
> 
> net benefit of 2008.0:  none.
> net drawback of 2008.0: hassle (beta)
net drawback from 2007.0:
* chipsets newer than 965P(i think), don't have PATA controller no
more, PATA is supported through another controller 2007.0 doesn't know
that so you can imagine the hassle here
* new eth cards might not be supported so yet another hassle 
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: 2008.0 install media

[Roy Wright]

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I just built a new box (previous one's motherboard fried) and decided to
 just start from scratch with gentoo ~x86.  Tried the 2008.0 beta 1
liveCD but it didn't like my gpu (nvidia 8600GTS) so just did a stage3
install via ssh from another box using the system rescue cd and the most
excellent gentoo documentation.  :-)

The only hassle was after the second emerge --sync, the
/usr/portage/profiles/releases directory disappeared, preventing emerge
from working.  It took two additional tries at emerge --sync to get the
directory back.

Have fun,
Roy
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