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On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> You should use the AMD64 handbook, not the x86 handbook, if you're trying |
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> to |
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> install on x86_64 hardware. |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64 |
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> More importantly, you should be booted into a 64-bit environment. That |
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> means |
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> using a 64-bit live image for your initial boot, and using an amd64 stage3. |
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> EFI has similar requirements; you'll need to be booted via EFI in the first |
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> place in order to set up the bootloader properly; your firmware won't make |
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> the |
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> necessary hardware calls available to register your bootloader if you're |
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> not |
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> booted in EFI mode. |
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> HTH |
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I had read similar thoughts about booting into a 64 bit environment before |
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posting and had gone to some effort to figure out whether the sysrescuecd |
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kernel was, in fact, 64 bit. Its /proc/config.gz seemed to indicate 64 |
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bit, as did uname -a. But I really don't know if there is a definitive way |
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of determining whether a running kernel is 64 or 32 bit. |
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I was booted via EFI, so that part of my installation process was correct. |
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I never thought to look in the AMD64 handbook. Thanks for the suggestion - |
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will give it a try. |
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John |
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