No longer supported (stage 1 and 2)

Evileye · l33t Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto

I went to install Gentoo and found stage 1 and 2 are no longer supported. Isn't this part of the whole Gentoo experience, to build the OS from scratch. I am dissapointed.

rhill · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject:

Part of the whole Gentoo experience is also searching before you ask questions.
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sohalt · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 115

afaik stage1 and stage2 are still on the mirrors, but they are not included in the documentation. nevertheless the way to install gentoo using a stage[12] is documented in faq. so your poll is imho senseless.

(please correct me if i am false)

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

EvilEye,

Supported in this context means you won't get a gread deal of help if you do a stge 1 and it doesn't go smoothly.
Stage 1 and stage 2 and still made and distributed. The install guide has been relegated to the FAQ as not much more than a curiosity.

Stage 1 has some drawbacks, some circular dependancies are resolved by leaving packages out of the system list, so even though you have them, portage doesn't know. Stage 3 fixes this.

Better, is using the stage 3 tarball to do the satge 1 install steps. There has been a lot written about it on the forums over the years, including some in depth analysis. A stage 3 install takes away many opportunities to mess up without dropping the performace much at all.

Gentoo has not taken away your freedom or choice to do stage 1 or stage 2 installs, its just discouraged.
However, even that is arch dependant - some arches still only have stage 1.
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Naib · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

never really done a stage1 or 2
always done a stage3

1st install: stage3, Windows hosed my RAID

2nd install stage3 BUT then re-build all of system akin to a stage1
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Q-collective · Advocate Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 2071

Stage 3 + emerge world -e is all you really need.

Clete2 · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

You are still able to perform a Stage 1 or 2 install (my current one was built from 1), but it isn't documented anymore.

Personally, I think that Stage 2 should be eliminated.

Bring back Stage 1!

Edit: I realize you can stage 3 and then simply emerge -e world, but I am all about stage 1.
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Evileye · l33t Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto

yeah, I will be doing and emerge World -e

Maedhros · Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

Please see the giant discussion about it here: What exactly happened to stage 1? And bootstrapping?

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