fe...@crowfix.com wrote: > On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 01:26:41AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: >> fe...@crowfix.com wrote: >>> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 12:45:51AM +0100, Kerin Millar wrote: >>>> fe...@crowfix.com wrote: >>>>> I have a shiny new System76 laptop with a "3rd Generation Intel Core >>>>> i7-3720QM Processor (2.60GHz 6MB L3 Cache - 4 Cores plus Hyperthreading)". >>>>> >>>>> It comes with Ubuntu, so naturally my first move was to split the Ubuntu >>>>> partition in half and install gentoo. I will say no more about my first >>>>> experiences with Unity. >>>>> >>>>> The Ubunto uname -a says "3.2.0-30-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 24 >>>>> 16:52:48 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux". >>>> Take note - it's a x86_64 host environment. >>>> >>>>> I installed the latest stage3 tarball and set up make.conf as >>>> Which stage3 tarball exactly? >>> Maybe that's part of my confusion -- I was following the x86 handbook, not >>> amd64, because it's not amd. But if amd64 should be used for all 64 bit >>> installs, that's probably my problem. >>> >>> As for the exact stage3 tarball, the ftp choice was >>> "gentoo/releases/x86/current-stage3". This was about Sep 10. >>> >> It will work if you chroot as described in my previous message. linux32 >> is a symlink to setarch so you can read the setarch manpage if you're >> curious as to why it is necessary. Still, unless you have a particular >> reason not to avoid using an amd64 stage tarball, I'd suggest starting >> over with one. > Nope, just ignorance, thinking that amd64 shouldn't be used with an intel > processor. >
>From my understanding, someone correct me if I am off here, AMD sort of beat Intel to the 64 bit thing. So, it sort of got named amd64 even tho Intel came along later on and the name just stuck. That's a very short version of the story and I think that is how it went but someone may come along and correct something. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
