Re: [gentoo-user] How do I determine the processor type?

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:45:51AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote:
> felix@×××××××.com wrote:
> > I have a shiny new System76 laptop with a "3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3720QM Processor (2.60GHz 6MB L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading)".
> >
> > It comes with Ubuntu, so naturally my first move was to split the Ubuntu partition in half and install gentoo.  I will say no more about my first experiences with Unity.
> >
> > The Ubunto uname -a says "3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux".
>
> Take note - it's a x86_64 host environment.
>
> >
> > I installed the latest stage3 tarball and set up make.conf as
>
> Which stage3 tarball exactly?

Maybe that's part of my confusion -- I was following the x86 handbook, not amd64, because it's not amd.  But if amd64 should be used for all 64 bit installs, that's probably my problem.

As for the exact stage3 tarball, the ftp choice was "gentoo/releases/x86/current-stage3".  This was about Sep 10.

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