Re: [gentoo-hardened] New amd64 install

[Sven Vermeulen]

On Jan 14, 2012 9:24 PM, Tóth Attila <atoth@××××××××××.hu> wrote:
>
> I have two hardened gentoo systems I'm running for many years now. I've
> installed the personal server in 2004. The laptop started in 2005. Now the
> time has come, to change to 64bit. I can't circumwent it. You know it
> means I'm rolling these systems for many years without the need to
> reinstall! The server would just go to primary school now as a human
> being... I must say: hardened rocks!
>
> First I'll perform an install for the laptop. Later I'll go on with the
> server, when it'll get upgraded...
>
> I see some hardened stage3s from 2011 June on the mirrors. Should I start
> with them or rather convert a normal install? Are there any more recent
> hardened stages available online?

There are; you can find them at http://www.jmbsvicetto.name

> I will run a proprietary Linux software, which is still a 32bit binary.
> The software is statically linked, so it needs no other libraries at all.
> All other softwares I plan to run are 64bit (including libreoffice and
> firefox). What would you suggest? May I aim for a no-multilib install?
> Should I still go for regular multilib setup? Is it enough to enable 32bit
> compatibility for the kernel and let the whole system be 64bit otherwise?
> Are there any known serious obstacles with no-multilib?

Are you certain that *all* binaries offered are statically linked? It
wouldn't hurt to start out with a no-multilib and see if it indeed works.
Otherwise you'll never know ;-)

Wkr,
Sven Vermeulen