On Sun, 9 May 2004 19:29:56 -0700, Bill Jonas <
bill@billjonas.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 07:18:45PM -0700, Alexander Henry wrote:
>> I suppose you're doing this for the
>> first time, I'd advise doing a stage 1 install now, it SAVES time while
>> learning.
>
> I don't know that I agree totally with that. If you do a stage 3 + GRP
> install, you can just get the thing up and start using the system, at
> which point you can then edit your make.conf, set your USE variable,
> and then run something like 'emerge -euUD world'. This way you can have
> a useful system without the latency of compiling everything, yet still
> have it customized and optimized.
Again, the qualifier I put on that is IF you're learning. If you know how
their stage 1 and 2 was done, and you know it'll work, then go for it.
The reason why I say that is, with a stage 1, you were personally running
your mitts through the software while it was installing, and if something
goes wrong, you're much more likely to know where and when, and how to fix
it. With a stage 2 or 3, you have to know that their version of stage 1
or 2 works with your system (granted it likely will). Also if a stage 3
for whatever reason doesn't jive with your system, you don't have much
recourse if the problem is in stages 1 and 2.
--
--Alexander
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