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 1RXDyL-00058f-Cd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:27:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BA99221C13E; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:27:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93CBE21C135 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211191B4006 for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:25:38 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.394 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.394 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.009, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-1.201, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tkapXMi_X0Gi for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:25:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75D3E641FF for ; Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:25:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RXDwU-00045U-Dq for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:25:27 +0100 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:25:26 +0100 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:25:26 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What is the latest version for a new install Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 15:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <871usk1lef.fsf@newsguy.com> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0.1) Gecko/20111126 Firefox/8.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.5) X-Archives-Salt: 6db7a802-a6c2-477d-a45d-00c6a7b6c0ce X-Archives-Hash: 008488e6ffb0d3638de8ef5453415dfa Harry Putnam newsguy.com> writes: > At distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/x86 > I see 10.1, 11.0, 11.2 > Which is the latest usable? I have always just burned the latest install dvd, to take shopping and boot up potential computers and have a spin, right in the store. The last HP laptop I tried DV7-6178US did not boot ( I even when into the bios to try to get it to boot) off the dvd (11.2); so that was a new experience for me. What instructions are you using to install off of the 11.2 DVD? You can just boot the 11.2 dvd and run gentoo from the dvd, if you like. The handbook steps are somewhat different that installing off of the 11.2 dvd. I ran across some instructions on installing directly off the 11.2 dvd a while ago, but I did not try it: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Install_LiveDVD_11.2_to_hard_disk_drive hth, James