From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85904138010 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 18:17:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68722E0933; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 18:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 178A9E0908 for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2013 18:17:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LeNVt-1UzRqq0KpJ-00pjIe; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:17:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:17:16 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] stage3 only for i486? Message-ID: <20130402181716.GB9673@server> References: 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-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:nN5YuMzAMfIyvxsUPxcnOFNiQZbPh4q5S50bT0WgZbL o2MnfK45Rs2MFC/MiafTV65ygcXMUEZwS7MocH5HgxGrLSljLN SihqvxeYAsqJ2zGvXR+HZVN7Kq5aa+mjfHYtkcEYtCVq6w+sFl Q6JiJok6S7EYkj1oVcnL5bupVLbBNjnv4FHGHa9Z/MvaudT9Sm JZEZLni2o8N7r99tD30CfpkpiKn9jjxV+NSjASOjWNgPhl55Je N+eFPAmI45SfDpL8h/10spEk2Es9LxCNiDUALPh7YSnxZACd51 xMa8NFOY9dxFD2hEGx+6KqOzbe+lQaPRw+Ambgm/Vnt5LrLFm+ kmuVSpOlbSoo4rJo9QEM= X-Archives-Salt: c51a799f-258f-4210-b8a1-abd0bf70a69d X-Archives-Hash: 22a28afcea289d80ceb7e9c6680a1930 On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 07:51:17PM +0200, Davide Carnovale wrote: > Hi all gentoo people! > I've been away from gentoo for a while, and I'm in the process of > reinstalling it today. > While downloading the stage 3 I noticed that only an i486 version is > available. As far as I remember, gentoo was best known, back in the > days, for being fast, as it was one of the first distro to support > i686... am i wrong with this? if not, why only i486 today? > > apart from the reasons behind the decision of shipping only an i486 > stage 3, do you think it's worth the pain to recompile everything > (like the old stage1) for a different arch? i have an intel i5 > processor. > > regards > > Davide Hi Davide, The directories I checked read: http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-stage3-i686/ but the tarball states it's hardened: http://gentoo.osuosl.org/releases/x86/autobuilds/current-stage3-i686/stage3-i686-hardened-20130326.tar.bz2 Haven't personally used a x86 in years. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting