Comments on: Gentoo http://gushue.net/2004/02/18/gentoo/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:53:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Chris http://gushue.net/2004/02/18/gentoo/#comment-27 Chris Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:24:01 +0000 http://gushue.net/2004/02/18/gentoo/#comment-27 <p>I do want to try out some BSD variant, but preferably on hardware that I'm already familiar with (x86) :) Don't need to be trying to get both unfamiliar hardware and OS running at the same time. At the moment, I'm mostly limited by free ports on my switch, so I haven't bothered to get a BSD box running yet.</p> <p>I could very well switch to OpenBSD on the Ultra 5 later, I'm just messing around with it for now.</p> <p>Currently, I'm starting the Gentoo install over, because I messed something up. That'll teach me to just skim instructions...</p> I do want to try out some BSD variant, but preferably on hardware that I’m already familiar with (x86) :) Don’t need to be trying to get both unfamiliar hardware and OS running at the same time. At the moment, I’m mostly limited by free ports on my switch, so I haven’t bothered to get a BSD box running yet.

I could very well switch to OpenBSD on the Ultra 5 later, I’m just messing around with it for now.

Currently, I’m starting the Gentoo install over, because I messed something up. That’ll teach me to just skim instructions…

]]> By: psi0nik http://gushue.net/2004/02/18/gentoo/#comment-26 psi0nik Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:16:05 +0000 http://gushue.net/2004/02/18/gentoo/#comment-26 <p>i just stumbled across your blog. i've got an ultra5 as well, and after trying (and loathing) solaris 8 & 9, and then having gentoo kernel panic half-way thru emerge system, i installed openbsd 3.4, and haven't looked back. i use gentoo on another box, and love it to death. i never retried the install on the ultra, and i was sorta itching to try a bsd. i also tried briefly to install freebsd5.2 and then netbsd1.6.1, but openbsd one out, and it's really slick, particularly if you're security minded.</p> i just stumbled across your blog. i’ve got an ultra5 as well, and after trying (and loathing) solaris 8 & 9, and then having gentoo kernel panic half-way thru emerge system, i installed openbsd 3.4, and haven’t looked back. i use gentoo on another box, and love it to death. i never retried the install on the ultra, and i was sorta itching to try a bsd. i also tried briefly to install freebsd5.2 and then netbsd1.6.1, but openbsd one out, and it’s really slick, particularly if you’re security minded.

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