gentoo stage 2 question

[Myles Green]

On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 22:54, Tom Jandl wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 23:24, Myles Green wrote:
> 
> > 
> > But... I have an ISO image here of 1.4rc4 with stage 1, 2 & 3 tarballs
> > contained within. If you start with a stage 1 tarball you must still
> > build the system (stage one is just the packages needed to bootstrap the
> > system) by going through stage 2 and stage three (as in "once you are
> > done you are at the same state you'd be in if you'd chosen a stage 2 [or
> > stage 3] tarball").
> > 
> > What error(s) did you get Llama?
> 
> Myles, you are right. I reread the docs and discovered that the tarballs
> optimized for different processors is what was discontinued. As of rc4
> the tarballs are only for i386, and you have to build from stage 1 to
> optimize for any other cpu. My mistake........ 

...it happens ;o)

you had me going there for a moment or two though... I'm using Slackware
these days and had to look at the ISO's to make sure there were still
stage[1,2,3] tarballs in there.

My $0.02: Gentoo is a super fun distro but from my experience, it's
*real* easy to shoot yourself in the foot by using the wrong USE flags
or with ~x86 (bleeding edge) rather than just x86. When it all comes
together though, it's really sweet but if it doesn't... well, you're
hooped in a big hurry.

For those interested in using Gentoo on a server in a production
environment (this is from one of the gentoo lists I'm on):

           From: 
Kurt Lieber
<klieber at gentoo.org>
       Reply-To: 
gentoo-sysadmin at gentoo.org
             To: 
gentoo-sysadmin at gentoo.org
        Subject: 
[gentoo-sysadmin]
announcing the
Gentoo Server
Project
           Date: 
Thu, 24 Jul 2003
21:48:56 -0400

Folks --

After talking with Wade a bit last night about the Gentoo Server
Project, I'm happy to announce that the Gentoo Server Project is going
to become an official sub-project of Gentoo Linux.

For now, I'm only announcing this to this list since we still need to
get our ducks in a row before announcing it publicly. 

In chatting with Wade, we talked about how best to organize the new
project to ensure that all areas are covered.  I suggested that we
organize it by function, which would mean categories like:

* installation
* configuration
* administration
* documentation

Those are simply example categories.  The goal is to ensure that all
*major* aspects of running Gentoo in a server environment are accounted
for.  

That seems to align with the ideas that have been discussed here on the
list so far.  Your comments are, of course, welcome.

I'll be the project admin, at least for now.  Wade expressed some
concern about the amount of time that I'll have for this project.  As I
told Wade, this project aligns more closely with my personal interests
and I've already informed the management team that I'll be withdrawing
from my responsibilities as PR manager and (interim) Portage manager. 
Going forward, I will be focusing on Infrastructure and this project.

Right now, Wade is the only other member of the project.  We need to
change that. :)  If you're interested in participating, please contact
either myself or (for a faster response) Wade at wmealing at gentoo.org.

Please include a general description of what area(s) you are interested
in helping out with and what skills you can bring to the table.

--kurt
Enjoy!

Myles
-- 
Myles Green <myles-green at shaw.ca>