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 4.50) id 1EcURu-0008W2-Fx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:04:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAGL2846011424; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:02:08 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.194]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAGKsO6O031641 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:54:25 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z3so1509666nzf for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:54:24 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MiiWkxgrjBBOdANQ25jCe9/+jmrykGjHkNL8Q91BAL85ZfGxDBgfhNOZqw+IGjF5pynkVyctjPw/iKyb2VjGsrIavndY6vxnhaL7be1usBARvZj9vJpynOBHz7LNWo2BxcuEUxjV93HhPAvcujl1fDyJX5nzsrcxn4irGanYGZ4= Received: by 10.37.15.74 with SMTP id s74mr6837868nzi; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:54:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.22.2? ( [66.27.157.183]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id c12sm159291nzc.2005.11.16.12.54.21; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:54:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <437B9C7B.6070306@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:54:19 -0800 From: Zac Medico User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051029) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? References: <9999810b0511160820h648eb1a5o4f62300507c2b8a9@mail.gmail.com> <20051117090935.27DE.NICK@rout.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <20051117090935.27DE.NICK@rout.co.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: bb17dd63-6198-480e-a471-11b984374e4a X-Archives-Hash: 3d796e4d0cf6f4499889340b5fb16a43 Nick Rout wrote: > On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 > Derek Tracy wrote: > > >>Part way through the online handbook I noticed that >>they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that since the developers >>thought it was best to use a Stage3 install then why not give it a shot. > > > I read your message and was surprised at this. Last time I read the > handbooks the Handbook gave stage 1/2/3 options and the 2005.1 handbook > stuck to stage 3. (Talking x86 here, I have never done an instal on > other architectures). > > Now, like you, I read this in the Handbook: > > "Make sure you download a stage3 tarball - installations using a stage1 or stage2 tarball are not supported anymore." > > WTF? When did this happen? > The archived thread from the gentoo-releng list: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.releng/333 Note that it's not terribly difficult to use catalyst to build a stage1 from a stage3: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/2.x/reference.xml Zac -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list