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On Saturday 23 Jul 2011 14:28:32 CJoeB wrote: |
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> The thing is, I don't want Windows on the computer at all. My laptop is |
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> 4 years old and it was booted into Windows once and that was only |
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> because I didn't hit the F2 key fast enough to get into the bios to |
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> change the boot order. Then, Windows got removed completely. |
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> The computer I am getting is a desktop for home use and everything I |
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> need is in Linux. I don't want to have to put up with all the "pain in |
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> the ass" stuff Windows puts you through. I have to put up with Windows |
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> all day at work and it's like a breath of fresh air when I can come home |
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> to my Linux system. |
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In that case you can create a back up of all the OEM partitions as I suggested |
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and then wipe the drive clean and install gentoo. |
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If things break you'll have to replace components yourself - to be honest |
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unless a CPU/MoBo goes bad on you it is relatively cheap to by a drive or PSU |
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these days. |
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In other words, consider yourself self-insured and definitely don't waste any |
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money on extended warranties. |
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> > William's comment about running Gentoo in a VM is very valid. |
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> I've never installed a virtual machine so wouldn't even know how to go |
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> about it. |
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There's loads of howtos in Google for this. It is not difficult at all (most |
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of the times) but there is no reason to boot into MSWindows only to run |
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Gentoo! |
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> > There really aren't any specific 64-bit things I'm aware of that |
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> > you need to choose. It's all pretty generic these days, at least with |
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> > the Intel processors. I've not used an AMD processor in a while. Boot |
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> > from pretty much any Linux Live CD and then do the stage 3 install and |
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> > you should be fine. ia64 isn't TTBOMK knowledge something you need to |
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> > pay attention to. All my Intel i5 & i7 machines are amd64 stable with |
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> > a few ~amd64 packages. |
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> So, if I choose the amd64 iso and Stage 3, it doesn't have to be on an |
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> AMD machine? |
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Correct, you will use this iso (or systemrescueCD or Knoppix) and a Staqe 3 |
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equivalent to build a system on an Intel 64bit CPU. |
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> > One note about the Sandy Bridge processor is reight now it does |
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> > require a specific CFLAG setting to get everything to build correctly |
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> > due to a gcc bug. |
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> So how do I know if it's a Sandy Bridge processor? Nothing in the specs |
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> that I read says it's anything more than and Intel i-7. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge#Desktop_processors |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |