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On 3 Mar 2010, at 15:29, Stroller wrote: |
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> I have started following the Gentoo Linux AMD64 Handbook, because |
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> the Quick Install Guide is described as "x86". Having untarred the |
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> stage I am surprised to find a lib32 directory. I thought |
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> compatibility with 32-bit binaries was optional. Or am I |
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> misunderstanding? This is going to be a headless server & I can't |
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> think that it'll need any binary packages - possibly the management |
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> utility for the RAID controller will be distributed as a binary, I'm |
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> not sure yet (the hardware RAID key was missing when I got this |
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> machine ☹) |
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Further to Alan's reply, I've proceeded a little further. |
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I'm onto section 2.3: Changing profiles, where it says: |
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"If you want to have a pure 64-bit environment, with no 32-bit |
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applications or libraries, you should use a non-multilib profile." |
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See my comments in the quoted above. It shouldn't be too expensive to |
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enable the RAID in this machine (which is on the mainboard, but |
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requires a little hardware PCB "key" to be fitted). That's a Dell |
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PERC4, which AFAICT is a rebadged LSI megaraid. |
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This post [1] http://tinyurl.com/3dzcl9 referrs to the management |
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utility thus: "MegaCLI comes as a RPM containing only a single |
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statically linked 32-bit Linux binary", however `eix mega` suggests |
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there may be alternatives, such as `megactl` [2] |
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My immediate thought when reading the handbook was that it's "best" |
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and "cleanest" and "more right" to only have 64-bit libraries on a 64- |
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bit system, but this need for the RAID management utility is making me |
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wonder if that would be cutting off my nose to spite my face. |
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Thoughts? |
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Stroller. |
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[1] http://www.kaltenbrunner.cc/blog/index.php?/archives/4-LSIlogic-MegaRAID-SAS-and-the-self-explaining-CLI.html |
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[2] http://sourceforge.net/projects/megactl/ |