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Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> > > Releases are not very important for Gentoo, if you have a live |
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> > > internet connection (which is not REQUIRED, but will make your system |
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> > > a lot more useful with Gentoo) after the whole process you'll get the |
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> > > latest Gentoo anyway. |
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> > I think the idea is to skip the five hour gcc/glibc update by starting |
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> > from newer binaries in a hypothetical 2006.1 stage3. |
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> But you gotta wait months for new releases, while (like you said) it |
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> only take a few hours to update (if you WANNA update, because I still |
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> use gcc 3.4.6). And it can be done in the background, while you use |
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> the system anyway. |
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I started my post with |
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"Since I've got to install a web server on an older machine (PIII)" |
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I managing 8 gentoo systems already. It's a new install. I can wait a few |
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days to test out the new 2006.1 installation media & methods...... |
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Or maybe find the location of an x86 image in testing. My experiences |
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with 2006.0 were less than spectacular, although things worked in the |
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end, a lot of manual hacking was required to complete the installation |
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process. |
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I was just looking for a little 'insider info' not a thesis |
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on Linux installations.... |
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And YES installation media is very important for Gentoo, to attract |
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new members to the Gentoo community.... and to simplify the life |
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of those admins that are managing many systems and |
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performing new installation. |
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ymmv, |
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James |
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