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| Thread ID: 51687 | 2004-11-27 10:59:00 | I wanna learn Linux | george12 (7) | Press F1 |
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| 297021 | 2004-11-29 08:18:00 | It's safe to stick with x86 for the moment. Ideally later on you could choose 686, but even more preferable is a specific CPU class for the optimisations. I think that's how it works, anyway... |
agent (30) | ||
| 297022 | 2004-11-29 08:20:00 | Sweet, downloading all three x86 stages now. But, which to choose? I know that Stage 3 is the easiest to get set up, but could somebody give me a good recomendation? Probably Stage 2 or 3. Cheers George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 297023 | 2004-11-29 08:40:00 | You dont need all three stages.... Just the stage3 x86 will suffice :-) You could go stage 1 or 2 but they're mostly just for optimisations which you wont notice under Virtual PC Just make sure you allocate a good 512MB SWAP partition :-) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 297024 | 2004-11-29 08:41:00 | Just thought I should explain a little more about the stages - But if you start reading through the Handbook it tells you. Celeron Coppermine CPU's come under Pentium3, however because its a Virtual PC Im not sure what it'll report the CPU as. Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 297025 | 2004-11-29 08:45:00 | The Celeron has a Prescott core. Don't know what that changes... But anyway, Virtual PC doesn't emulate the CPU itself, it uses the host one. So, linux sees my real CPU directly. I've already downloaded Stage 1 & 2, even if I do not use them now they might come in handy later on. Stage 3 is on its way at a steady 33KB/sec. Thanks for the help Cheers George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 297026 | 2004-11-29 08:48:00 | OK, I have read up and decided on Stage 3. This may not be my choice when I install on the real server, but I want to learn about using it at the moment, not installing - and optimisations are not important when using a Virtual PC. Cheers George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 297027 | 2004-11-29 09:09:00 | Sure - For a real server you want to compile with: -fstack-protector Stage1 is the best for the likes of a server, but I agree with Stage3 for a trial-use Desktop. Good luck - Just remember my "Gentoo rule-of-thumb": Read twice, compile once - If it still doesnt work take two steps back Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 297028 | 2004-11-29 09:51:00 | OK, I'm up to writing MAKE.CONF. It is a Prescott-based Celeron D - So should I use Pentium 3, or Pentium 4? I would *think* that it would be closest to a P4 Prescott, but I really don't know this. Cheers George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 297029 | 2004-11-29 09:53:00 | I would stick to -mcpu=pentium3 If you're using gcc-3.4.x then its -mtune=pentium3 gcc -v will tell you (Its the last line of the output) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 297030 | 2004-11-29 10:19:00 | Sorry to butt in George Chill, what stage would you recommend if you were compilling on a machine that already has Yoper, XP 1800+ cpu, nForce 2 board using the onboard graphics, disk space and ram not an issue? Just curious :D *Cough* reading the Handbook, have already learned a why I have a couple of issues in Yoper . |
Murray P (44) | ||
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