[gentoo-dev] 1.2 running on a iP200MMX

[Axel Gerber]

Dear Gentoo-team,

Thank you very much for this outstanding great project.

I have just installed Gentoo on one of my maschines which is a iP200MMX
with 64MB ram, 6GB nodma HD (was tricky to start). 

Within this install I need to say "excellent dokumentation". It is
really KISS (keep it stupid simple).

I would like to suggest you to have eather a hint in your READMEs which
tells about ide=nodma (which was my way to prevent the maschin hanging
on partition check with dma on) or offering a kernel with 
# CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO = is not set

Another thing maybe is interessting...
especially on older maschines with 586 or 486 users like or need to
install with the ix86 image. Because these maschines take really a long
time to install (my iP200 over 24h just for the basic system) and the
internet connection will be fired every now an than it'll be helpful to
have source-CDs avail and the install-script should know which CD to
take.


Yes, I could mirror your ftp but than I have to run an ftp-server here
which I didn't untill yet. However I have two location where I live but
just on with the 'net'  and I'd like to install Gentoo also in my small
flat near my job (agaian there is no internet). This time I'll try to
transfer all necessary files to there and install thru my local network
I have there. Anyway another way possible way would be helpful, an
install from an existion HD-partition but how to handle the
/etc/make.conf. Is there a possibility like GENTOO_MIRRORS =
"file://any.mounted.filesystem" ? And how about the portage server????
I fear I have to transport this maschine to here and than I can do it...

Any of your help is highly appreciated.

-- 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
With Kind Regards
Med vendlig hilsen


	Axel Gerber