From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MKKFg-00038h-Rx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:50:37 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B958DE02EB; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.170]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CB59E02EB for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:50:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so886209wfc.10 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=7KJZlB/C4FeP+BiDxwU7gdxYN9q9tnbS9bU4vYVvQjo=; b=sLoADfYQshtIJvWm7QY9BbxInJmw8cGMkqK/qXxuqCG5TafLJoD/wEDR6Y3x7LJe5D 3nvmviwlNwF8omQxC2qPALy7kZaoLKyZdcmaOWyxbHzvWFqoJCF/zMwBUfUuPb0dv3W7 oktDGkQuQjC/5a3phvG54l5bSlE0kRXdmtjcQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=itSbLkhn1DOOUq4fAcqz5Z+EcCv7TN8XxZL2wZ3dfznyDOp3OzCMyK//4rF6ixgrXp 5409qbnB4aQJLsS2PO7eN4/XWYBfVViKNaJth2YGir/Syoi0uY3B7AftohI6UdT/k1rL sulo4w4+ag0ddHO8bwdjIxUHiVwrjXAgw5T20= 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 Received: by 10.142.200.3 with SMTP id x3mr1641956wff.312.1246056635092; Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:50:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A4528B0.6050407@coolmail.se> References: <7bef1f890906260637u1cc88913k714618744a26401d@mail.gmail.com> <20090626142623.GA4769@ca.inter.net> <7bef1f890906260823gdae8dcv87efa3a070217f67@mail.gmail.com> <4A4528B0.6050407@coolmail.se> From: "Alan E. Davis" Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:50:15 +1000 Message-ID: <7bef1f890906261550j269bfec2nf08645b4b2839d72@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Seek advice: converting Sabayon to Gentoo ? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd258301ad392046d482b53 X-Archives-Salt: a7c59d80-f0a6-46f9-9943-e76770d16005 X-Archives-Hash: 9cf2a53d6b304e094dc732758c12b2d9 --000e0cd258301ad392046d482b53 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I didn't say anything about my hardware. The main hiccough, installing gentoo, has been the ath5k module, which was at one time, I think, ath_pci. Newer kernels may support this out of the box, in a gentoo install. Beside that, dual monitors are working with the nvidia drivers. Another problem, a MAJOR problem, has been a recent marriage of pata and sata drives, all as scsi, /dev/sdX. With Gentoo, say a year or so ago, I had no problem with mixing four drives, two sata and two pata. Ubuntu wasn't able to differentiate, and even on a recent install I was forced to edit grub.conf (or grub.lst) before the system could boot off the right drive. Former /dev/hda became /dev/sda1, and former /dev/sda1 was recognized as /dev/sda2 or /dev/sda3. UUID numbers were confusing and I then blamed Ubuntu for moving ahead too quickly. I lost a bunch of archived material due to that issue. More recently, I see that Sabayon is also using UUID numbers in fstab. Still, I am now reluctant every time I try to upgrade or install. My recent attempt to update Ubuntu resulted in, eventually the loss of my 90GB /home directory. I will never know what I lost. (Yes, I know, should have backed it all up.) It was my fault again, but the failure of grub again to recognize the drive on which I had installed, or the need to shuffle boot priorities. I am still learning how all this works. Sabayon also had the same issue, so I moved partitions and now have the system booting off of /dev/sda . All this means I am pleased that sabayon is working, and I am able to treat it as a gentoo system, without TOO much tweaking. I think I cannot go back to Ubuntu, as easy as that was. That's about the hardware issues. Alan --000e0cd258301ad392046d482b53 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I didn't say anything about my hardware.=A0 The main hiccough, installi= ng gentoo, has been the ath5k module, which was at one time, I think, ath_pci.=A0 Newer kernels may support this out of the box, in a gentoo install.=A0 Beside that, dual monitors are working with the nvidia drivers.=A0

Another problem, a MAJOR problem, has been a recent marriage of pata and sata drives, all as scsi, /dev/sdX.=A0 With Gentoo, say a year or so ago, I had no problem with mixing four drives, two sata and two pata.=A0 Ubuntu wasn't able to differentiate, and even on a recent install I was forced to edit grub.conf (or grub.lst) before the system could boot off the right drive.=A0 Former /dev/hda became /dev/sda1, and former /dev/sda1 was recognized as /dev/sda2 or /dev/sda3.=A0 UUID numbers were confusing and I then blamed Ubuntu for moving ahead too quickly.=A0 I lost a bunch of archived material due to that issue.=A0 More recently, I see that Sabayon is also using UUID numbers in fstab.=A0 Still, I am now reluctant every time I try to upgrade or install.=A0 My recent attempt to update Ubuntu resulted in, eventually the loss of my 90GB /home directory.=A0 I will never know what I lost.=A0 (Yes, I know, should have backed it all up.)=A0 It was my fault again, but the failure of grub again to recognize the drive on which I had installed, or the need to shuffle boot priorities.=A0 I am still learning how all this works.=A0 Sabayon also had the same issue, so I moved partitions and now have the system booting off of /dev/sda .=A0

All this means I am pleased that sabayon is working, and I am able to treat it as a gentoo system, without TOO much tweaking.=A0 I think I cannot go back to Ubuntu, as easy as that was.

That's about the hardware issues.



Alan
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