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

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 01:26:41AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote:
> felix@×××××××.com wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> It will work if you chroot as described in my previous message. linux32
> is a symlink to setarch so you can read the setarch manpage if you're
> curious as to why it is necessary. Still, unless you have a particular
> reason not to avoid using an amd64 stage tarball, I'd suggest starting
> over with one.

Nope, just ignorance, thinking that amd64 shouldn't be used with an intel processor.

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