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From: Karl Zander <gentoolist@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] CHOST="i386..."
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:16:50
Message-Id: web-2673674@commpartners.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] CHOST="i386..." by Kerin Millar
1 On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 19:52:54 +0000
2 Kerin Millar <kerframil@×××××.com> wrote:
3 > On 17/02/06, Karl Zander <gentoolist@××××××××××××.com>
4 >wrote:
5 >> Doing a new install. I got to the part about editing
6 >>make.conf. I used a
7 >> stage3 tarball on x86 from the 2005.1-r1 release.
8 >>
9 >> /code
10 >> make.conf
11 >> CFLAGS="-0s -mcpu=i686 -pipe"
12 >> CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu"
13 >> CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
14 >> /end code
15 >>
16 >> I am not sure why CHOST="i386-pc-linux-gnu". Even
17 >>make.conf.example says
18 >>
19 >> "All modern systems (even Athalons) should use
20 >>"i686-pc-linux-gnu"
21 >
22 > Read that as "are capable of using" rather than "should
23 >use" and it
24 > makes more sense.
25 >
26 >
27 >
28 > Solution 2) Don't use the supplied stageball and instead
29 >download
30 > another one from a mirror using wget or whatever. The
31 >most "optimal"
32 > choice for you is: >releases/x86/2005.1-r1/stages/pentium4/stage3-pentium4-2005.1-r1.tar.bz2
33
34 Kerin
35
36 Thank you for the informative reply. In the past I must
37 have alwasy selected the stage3-pentium4 without paying
38 much attention. I will go for solution 2. And remember
39 this for the future.
40
41 --Karl
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