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On Tuesday 02 October 2007, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I've just done a diff on the 'x86' & 'amd64' versions of the |
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> Handbook. The latter warns against using ReiserFS or Lilo on a 64-bit |
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> system, both of which are my longstanding preferences. |
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> I plan to install the 64-bit version of Gentoo on my new box. |
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> Does anyone have experience or advice to offer in this area ? |
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> (Thanks to those who commented re quad-cores: I plan to get a Core 2 |
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> Duo) |
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I never liked grub, so I kept LILO when I switched to 64 bit. It works |
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like a charm. |
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I also used ReiserFS with mild satisfaction. |
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IIRC you have to use special mount option to use ReiserFS for /boot |
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partition. |
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Ciao |
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Francesco |
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Linux Version 2.6.22-gentoo-r8, Compiled #1 PREEMPT Fri Sep 28 19:41:21 |
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CEST 2007 |
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One 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 2003.99 Bogomips Total |
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aemaeth |
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