On 2/10/06, Ghaith Hachem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you will be downloading everything from the net size wouldn't > matter just use the minimal cd if you want it's just a working > environment to use to extract the basic files then chroot i once did > it from an already installed distro.. and even from windows (read the > archives the topic was still on last week) so the medium wouldn't > matter if you're online.. >
Ghaith is right, if you're going to install with network, get the minimal cd, your bandwidth will be used (and very well used) later :) About your hardware advice, if you're going A64, I would advice you to join the gentoo-a64 list, pretty good source for this kind of advice, other than that, research for compatible hardware can be done over the net (try http://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility.html) and if you have any specific question left after your web search, I guess someone here at gentoo-user would be happy to answer... :) good luck. > > On 2/10/06, Rumen Yotov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 17:38 +0100, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: > > > From: Daniel da Veiga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] First Mail to this list: Different isos ? > > > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:47:38 -0200 > > > > > > > On 2/10/06, Meino Christian Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > this is my frist mail to this list. > > > > > > > > > > I am on the way to install Gentoo-Linux onto my HD...but I don't > > > > > know what iso image to use. My platform is x86-based, therefore > > > > > I will use one of the *x86*.iso images. > > > > > > > > > > But there is a *2005.1*iso and a *2005.1-ri*iso. Right from the name, > > > > > I would choose the *r1* image. But it is very much smaller then the > > > > > other one. > > > > > > > > Why not simply use the "current" link? > > > > > > I would have done this already...if the image size would have been > > > more similiar... > > > > > The latest installer ISO's are smaller (IMHO) because they contain only > > stage3 tarballs (no stage-1 & 2 anymore). Haven't checked though. > > > > I don't know exactly why it is smaller, but you should have no > > > > problems with it... As the team said, its just a media refresh with a > > > > few bug fixes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So...is this *r1* image an update, a fix, another kind of Gentoo...? > > > > > > > > A quick google search returned: > > > > http://www.gentoo.org/news/20051121-release-2005.1-r1.xml > > ...SKIP... > > > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > HTH.Rumen > > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Ghaith > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCM/IT/P/O d-? s:- a? C++$ UBLA++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N o+ K- w O M- V- PS PE Y PGP- t+ 5 X+++ R+* tv b+ DI+++ D+ G+ e h+ r+ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
