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 1EfLHk-00040F-Q3 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:53:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAOHqWQc027623; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:52:32 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAOHmebL023276 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:48:41 GMT Received: from localhost.localdomain (ool-4578d690.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.214.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAOHmdlv017850 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:48:40 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id B85815401B; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:48:34 -0500 (EST) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: changing CHOST in stage3 References: <20051122131727.0ce8e6ad@snowdrop.home> <20051124045807.0cf15319@snowdrop.home> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:48:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20051124045807.0cf15319@snowdrop.home> (Ciaran McCreesh's message of "Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:58:07 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 5fb0ec67-f5fd-4f39-a2ac-bca34372184c X-Archives-Hash: c57c5e346fe22835e7b14883f7469e5f At Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:58:07 +0000 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:34:27 -0500 Allan Gottlieb > wrote: > | At Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:17:27 +0000 Ciaran McCreesh > | wrote: > | > The only way you can safely change CHOST is by making new stages > | > through catalyst. There're various scripts which *sometimes* fix > | > your system after a CHOST change, but they're not reliable... > | > | Does this mean that, if one needs a CHOST value not represented in any > | of the current stage3 tar files, your recommendation would be to begin > | with a stage1? > > Nope. You need a stage3 to build a stage1 with a new CHOST. In the faq (http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#stage12) I find. How do I Install Gentoo Using a Stage1 or Stage2 Tarball? The Gentoo Handbook only describes a Gentoo installation using a stage3 tarball. However, Gentoo still provides stage1 and stage2 tarballs. This is for development purposes (the Release Engineering team starts from a stage1 tarball to obtain a stage3) but shouldn't be used by users: a stage3 tarball can very well be used to bootstrap the system. You do need a working Internet connection. It surprises me that release engineering starts with a stage1 to get a stage3 and then we use this stage3 to build a stage1. I mention this only out of curiosity; there is a stage3 with my desired CHOST and I expect to do all future installs starting with stage3 (I formerly used stage1). thanks, allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list