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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HJEhM-00043A-2E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:01:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1JJxAiZ016738; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:59:10 GMT Received: from smtp.mho.com (smtp.mho.net [64.58.4.5]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l1JJsd6O011944 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:54:40 GMT Received: (qmail 37223 invoked by uid 1002); 19 Feb 2007 19:54:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (64.58.0.54) by smtp.mho.net with SMTP; 19 Feb 2007 19:54:39 -0000 Message-ID: <45DA007E.6070407@mho.com> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:54:38 -0700 From: Mike Adolf User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) 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: [gentoo-user] Install Advice Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 810afe41-2963-48c9-b4bf-fd36047db177 X-Archives-Hash: 4c9601b6deb491f446e09354dd87b019 I have been using Linux for several years, but am new to gentoo. I just got a new dell xps 410 system with a intel duo E6400 processor. I have tried all the distros I've used in the past, kubuntu, suse, mandriva. All had problems serious enough to not use them. The problems may stem from using prebuilt x86 distros. Maybe since gentoo is built during install it might have a better chance. What would be the 'best' medium for me, minimal or live CD? I have a high speed connection. Two avoid a typical dual boot install. I would like gentoo to boot from my second hard drive. During boot up, I can now select which HD I want to boot from. Will the install process let me assign a boot disk? Thanks, Mike -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list