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Nick Rout wrote: |
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> On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:20:36 -0500 |
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> Derek Tracy wrote: |
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>>Part way through the online handbook I noticed that |
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>>they standardized the Stage3 install. I figured that since the developers |
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>>thought it was best to use a Stage3 install then why not give it a shot. |
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> I read your message and was surprised at this. Last time I read the |
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> handbooks the Handbook gave stage 1/2/3 options and the 2005.1 handbook |
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> stuck to stage 3. (Talking x86 here, I have never done an instal on |
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> other architectures). |
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> Now, like you, I read this in the Handbook: |
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> "Make sure you download a stage3 tarball - installations using a stage1 or stage2 tarball are not supported anymore." |
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> WTF? When did this happen? |
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The archived thread from the gentoo-releng list: |
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http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.releng/333 |
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Note that it's not terribly difficult to use catalyst to build a stage1 from a stage3: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst/2.x/reference.xml |
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Zac |
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