gentoo

[Greg Hamilton]

Do you have a download link for the Debian PPC net install ISO? Last 
time I searched all I could find was the x86 net installer.

On 24/03/2004, at 2:44 AM, Phil Darling wrote:

> Gentoo is an install to test patience.  I ran it for a while, as all 
> the guys at work love it, and idea of doing everything from source is 
> appealing, but a lot of stuff or PPC is masked (which doesn't mean 
> that you can't install it, of course) and it really takes forever and 
> a day.  I gave debian testing a shot, had the net install ISO burned, 
> the install and config completed and fresh benh kernel compiled in 
> less time than it takes mozilla to compile on a gentoo box.  Id did 
> learn a few new things running gentoo, but won't run it again unless I 
> have several days with nothing better to do (which means it won't be 
> installed again). ;^)
>
> Just my .02
>
> Phil in MI
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2004, at 1:04 AM, 
> yellowdog-general-request@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com wrote:
>
>>> Gentoo, IMNSHO, is best if you've had a distro or two under your
>>> belt and
>>> you've got a good internet connection! And especially on an
>>> OldWorld, you're
>>> in for some frustrating times. You've basically got to score >8 on
>>> the geek
>>> scale, >9 on the frustration resistance scale and you'll need a
>>> fridge full
>>> of highly caffeinated cola capsules.
>>>
>>> If the above are true and you also score <5 on the spousal "Call to
>>> Duty"
>>> scale, you should plan your time according to this basic schedule:
>>>
>>> 1 - 1 day - screwing with your emerge stages. If you have a tiny
>>> little wire
>>> between you and the internet, and still feel you *have* to try
>>> gentoo, use
>>> the pre-compiled version for PPC. It will save you lots and they
>>> are good
>>> compile settings.
>>>
>>> 2 - 2 weeks - emerging the stuff you didn't install but you use
>>> lots.
>>>
>>> 3 - emerging more stuff that is nice to have. You find these over
>>> the course
>>> of a month or two.
>>>
>>> Also, figure on several days a quarter for recompiles if you want
>>> to stay up
>>> to date. I did "emerge world" on my dual Xeon after three months of
>>> not
>>> doing it and it compiled for most of a day.
>>
>> Word!  I have a T3 line at work and Gentoo takes a good two hours to
>> do a fresh install.  And you'd better not have a "honey-do" list or
>> you're in trubble!
>>
>> Norberto Quintanar
>> --http://www.geocities.com/nquintanar
>
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