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On Saturday 27 August 2005 05:41, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> This'll be my first linux install that won't be 32-bit Intel. I've |
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Congratulations! you've made a wonderful choice 8-) |
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> been reading the AMD64 install docs on the Gentoo.org website. The big |
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> items I've noticed are... |
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> - stick with ext2fs/ext3fs with all other filesystems being unstable |
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oh? for almost a year now I have an AMD64 system and I've used reiserfs for |
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all my filesystems without any problems! so I can really recommend reiserfs |
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but I can't say anything about other filesystems... |
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> - do not enable kernel pre-emption if I want firewire to work |
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I don't know about firewire and preemtion since I don't have firewire. But |
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recent kernels have two preemt options: full and voluntary preemtion maybe |
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you can try both and see what happens. |
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> - enable 32-bit emulation for some apps |
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yup, if you want to use Flash then you need a 32-bit browser. |
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to use win32 codecs you need a 32-bit mplayer. |
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> I notice that the AMD64 Gentoo install manual at |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml only lists |
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> GRUB. Does LILO not work on AMD64? |
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never tried to use lilo on AMD64, since I switched from lilo to grub and never |
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want to go back. |
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> I intend to use the following partition layout... |
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> - / 8 gigs |
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a little tiny: your /usr gets very big when you have a lot of programs (Gentoo |
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installs everything on /usr by default) and your posrtage cache easily |
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reaches ~3GB... |
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I suggest to create a /usr partition of ~8GB and a / of ~2GB |
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> - swap 2 gigs |
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> - /var 8 gigs |
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> - /home gets the rest of the drive. There'll be tons of my garbage |
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> under /home/misc. /usr/local and /opt will be symlinks on / with |
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> the actual files sitting in /home/misc/local and /home/misc/opt. |
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in Gentoo /usr/local is almost not used: du /usr/local only lists empty dirs. |
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so this can just reside on the /usr partition |
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> This layout reflects my experiences from my Windows and Redhat days. |
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> Keep the OS on its own partition, so you can blow away and re-install or |
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> install the next version as required. |
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> Anything else to watch for when installing on AMD64? |
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not that I know of, so have fun with your new system! |
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Rudmer |
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