From: felix@crowfix.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type?
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:32:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120915003256.GQ4714@crowfix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5053CB41.40509@fastmail.co.uk>
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 01:26:41AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote:
> felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:45:51AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote:
> >> felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> >>> I have a shiny new System76 laptop with a "3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor (2.60GHz 6MB L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading)".
> >>>
> >>> It comes with Ubuntu, so naturally my first move was to split the Ubuntu partition in half and install gentoo. I will say no more about my first experiences with Unity.
> >>>
> >>> The Ubunto uname -a says "3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux".
> >> Take note - it's a x86_64 host environment.
> >>
> >>> I installed the latest stage3 tarball and set up make.conf as
> >> Which stage3 tarball exactly?
> >
> > Maybe that's part of my confusion -- I was following the x86 handbook, not amd64, because it's not amd. But if amd64 should be used for all 64 bit installs, that's probably my problem.
> >
> > As for the exact stage3 tarball, the ftp choice was "gentoo/releases/x86/current-stage3". This was about Sep 10.
> >
>
> It will work if you chroot as described in my previous message. linux32
> is a symlink to setarch so you can read the setarch manpage if you're
> curious as to why it is necessary. Still, unless you have a particular
> reason not to avoid using an amd64 stage tarball, I'd suggest starting
> over with one.
Nope, just ignorance, thinking that amd64 shouldn't be used with an intel processor.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-14 23:33 [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type? felix
2012-09-14 23:45 ` Kerin Millar
2012-09-15 0:04 ` felix
2012-09-15 0:26 ` Kerin Millar
2012-09-15 0:32 ` felix [this message]
2012-09-15 2:42 ` Dale
2012-09-15 3:21 ` felix
2012-09-15 4:28 ` Dale
2012-09-15 5:05 ` [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type? -- grub2 comments G.Wolfe Woodbury
2012-09-15 6:45 ` felix
2012-09-15 13:32 ` [gentoo-user] Re: How do I determine the processor type? Grant Edwards
2012-09-15 13:48 ` Grant Edwards
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