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 1EcU57-0006XI-15 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:40:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAGKbqO5025109; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:37:52 GMT Received: from webshield.solers.local (arcturus.solers.com [65.220.33.2]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAGKRPOi018187 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 20:27:27 GMT Received: from ava-es3.solers.local(172.30.0.123) by webshield.solers.local via csmap id b8dceb44_56df_11da_9dda_00304829cd86_10348; Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:29:45 -0500 (EST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:27:25 -0500 Message-ID: <78CC38B659D30A439315C39FA5257AAFB511D9@ava-es3.solers.local> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? Thread-Index: AcXq6jtqwQGw3A+SSMibxhUr+NGe9gAAVxwQ From: "Budd, Tracy" To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id jAGKRPOi018187 X-Archives-Salt: b6a39b61-e836-4cb4-9400-b1a2438c2d74 X-Archives-Hash: 140f7e09d04fe515e8a4823ec0971051 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 3:12 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Is Gentoo still on the right path? > > > 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? > > -- > Nick Rout > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > This one caught me off guard as well. I am used to installing from a stage 1 tarball. When I recently installed to my new AMD64 machine, I was surprised to see this was no longer covered in the handbook. It was easily fixed with an emerge system though. -tracy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list