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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:29:04PM -0700, drobbins@g.o wrote: |
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> 1.0_rc4-pre2 is fully compatible with all modern Intel and Intel-compatible |
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> processors, from the i486 on up. While 1.0_rc4-pre2 is optimized for the |
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> 486, Achim plans to build several different versions of 1.0_rc4 optimized for |
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> various processors. 1.0_rc4-pre2 has been tested on K6 systems and works |
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I don't understand why not a 386? I kind of expected the distcd to be 386 |
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binaries, and then to compile and install optimised to whatever my processor |
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happens to be? What am I mis-understanding? ;) |
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How would gentoo be installed on a 386? |
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> sys-* layout |
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> Achim and I have resolved how to determine what goes in the sys-* categories. |
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> We are breaking with FreeBSD tradition by making the sys-* categories contain |
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> _only_ a barebones, minimal system -- the minimal Gentoo system that can still |
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> recompile itself, with a few exceptions. Previously, what was included in |
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> sys-* was more of a subjective thing, i.e. what I would like to see in a basic |
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> Gentoo Linux server install, the tools I personally like, etc. |
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> Rather than do this, we're going to be integrating some new functionality into |
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> Portage that's going to be very, very nice and will allow everyone to have the |
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> kind of "base" system that they like. Portage will recognize your selection not |
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> only at install time, but throughout the lifetime of your system, prompting you |
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> to upgrade or add new packages when necessary. |
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Excellent. Roughly what size is minimum now? |
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- Tom |
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