gentoo 1.2

I always start at linuxiso.org and look at their mirrors

anthony
----- Original Message -----
From: "slr" <zen2now@qwest.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>; "Kyle O'Malley"
<kyle@kyleo.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: gentoo 1.2


> thanks very much for the info, but after further research on my part i
have
> decided to give the SUSE 7.3 sparc64 version a try, that is if i can get
all
> 5 disks before i die! know of a fast mirror? :~D
>
> slr
>
> On Tuesday 18 June 2002 02:02 pm, Kyle O'Malley wrote:
> > The i686 disk has install stages 1-3 on the disk, they must be refering
to
> > the fact that if you build and compile starting from stage1 you can have
a
> > working system on any i386+ while stage3 has everything precompiled but
> > only supports i686+.
> >
> > The last version I needed to install from was 1.1, which only included a
> > i386 kernel to install from, I can't see how they'd some how muck
install
> > kernels for two diff architectures onto one cd (not to mention I doubt
the
> > el torito boodable cd standardworks on sparc machines).
> >
> > -Kyle
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:38:56AM -0700, slr wrote:
> > > good morning plug,
> > >

> > >                           question for you guys familiar with gentoo.

i
> > > noticed they sell a SPARC version, but i also noticed this statement:
> > >
> > > SPARC CDs for $3.75 USD apiece, and donating 20% of their profits from
> > > Gentoo sales to the Gentoo Linux project! :) Note that the i686 CD
will
> > > allow a build from scratch for *all* systems, but also has pre-built
> > > stuff for i686+ CPUs.
> > >
> > > the Note states that the i686 will allow a build from scratch on *all*
> > > systems, does that include the Ultra Sparc II? i want to try gentoo on
my
> > > Ultra 5, because i have to many stability issues with MDK 7.1 corp.
> > > server and i dont like working with Solaris 8. so gentoo sounds like a
> > > great alternative for bringing new life to an over priced desktop.
> > >
> > > slr
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