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On Sun, 10 May 2009 18:57:28 +0100, Matt Harrison wrote: |
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> I'm wanting to try gentoo on my eeepc 900, but I'm failing at some very |
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> basic level. I've got an external CD drive attached and booted from the |
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> current i686-2008 minimal cd. Unfortunately this doesn't work with the |
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> wired or wireless network devices so I'm unable to grab the stage3 and |
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> portage tarballs. |
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That CD is too old, either use one of the snapshots or something like |
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eexubuntu to install Gentoo. |
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> I was going to put them on a CD then work on the network stuff later |
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> with a more recent kernel, then I realised that the SSDs in use won't |
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> really like compilations being done (apart from it being achingly slow |
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> on this processor). |
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SSDs use wear levelling, so they aren't subject to the same write |
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restrictions as more basic flash devices. But if you're still nervous |
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about this, point PORTAGE_TMPDIR to a USB or SD device. I've been running |
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Gentoo on my Eee for a year,running ~x86 so plenty of compiling, and no |
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noticeable problems with the SD card I use for PORTAGE_TMPDIR. |
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As for compilation times, I was pleasantly surprised. It's not fast, but |
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a lot faster than I expected. |
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