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Hi All, |
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I just set up a new Gentoo Linux |
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system from scratch using the new -r14 ISO. In fact, I got everything |
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going on a root XFS filesystem with no problems. Here's what I used for |
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my install: |
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in /etc/make.conf: |
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The default USE settings |
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The default i686-only CFLAGS, CXXFLAGS and CHOST settings |
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(Note: for those of you having problems with your build, I recommend |
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*starting* with the default USE settings (yes, before bootstrap, as in |
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the instructions) and then try removing the things you *know* you don't |
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want.) |
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I only found one minor installation quirk. The mountpoint for the boot |
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filesystem was listed as /mnt/boot instead of /boot -- both in the |
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instructions and in the real file. It should be set to /boot. Of |
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course, /etc/hosts was empty until the point in the install instructions |
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where I was told to add entries to the file, but sys-devel/perl built |
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fine anyway. It looks like perl just needs the lo interface, not |
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necessarily the "localhost" hostname defined. |
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Oh, and for everyone who wants to use XFS as a root filesystem, be sure |
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to enable "Page Buffer Support" and "XFS filesystem support" in your |
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kernel, and merge sys-apps/xfsprogs before your reboot. I actually forgot |
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to merge xfsprogs before I rebooted, and everything was fine, but that's |
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generally not a good idea. |
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Best Regards, |
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-- |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |