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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> I have one of those under my desk at home. Finally switched it off for |
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> the last time about 2 months ago. |
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> So yes, you can run 64 bit Gentoo on it just fine. Make the |
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> appropriate changes in make.conf and away you go. |
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> Just because distro X does not support cpu Y in mode Z does not mean |
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> that the compiler doesn't support it. |
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> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:15 AM, <mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com |
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> <mailto:mad.scientist.at.large@××××××××.com>> wrote: |
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> Does any body know if it's possible to set up gentoo on a single |
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> core 64 bit athlon, old socket 754? I tried another distro and it |
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> said it didn't support non-smp 64 bit. If not i'll have to put |
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> some 32 bit os on it. I'm planning to use it mostly for a local |
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> boot server for os installs or possibly firewall, maybe eventual |
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> honey pot since it is low energy usage. I know it's not |
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> supported by current BSD or windows. Thanks. |
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> mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnon |
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> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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If one were to boot a sysrescue image/disk/DVD, wouldn't that show |
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whether Gentoo would work or not, since it is based off of Gentoo? If |
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so, that would be a fast way to know for sure. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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