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Hi, |
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I have a rather old computer (tyan motherboard, K6 processor) which |
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currently runs debian. I want to convert it to a gentoo box. As the |
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system is rather old and it's disks are very small by today's |
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standards, too, I would like to hear about your experiences with such |
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tight situations. |
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Some questions: |
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1) What's the best install route? The system is connected to the |
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internet via ADSL & a speedtouch USB modem (works pretty good). Has |
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the live cd the necessary kernel modules + the modem_run utility? |
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There is no spare partition available, btw... |
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2) Is it a good idea to use dietlibc or ulibc instead of glibc? The PC |
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will be a standalone machine, so neither NIS nor LDAP are a concern - |
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classis shadow password authentication is enough. |
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Concerning languages - I want to type in & read german texts, too - so |
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displaying utf8 or iso-latin-0/1 texts is a must. BUT I do not care |
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much for german man pages or error messages - they are nice, but |
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conserving disk space & memory is more important. |
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3) I have a more modern machine available for pre building a custom |
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install CD - here disk space is not so big a concern. |
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Any comments would be appreciated... |
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- Wolfgang |
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