Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:32:13 +0100 m...@mtjm.eu (Michał Masłowski) wrote: > Connecting the disk to an x86 machine with a SATA port running GNU/Linux > might be easier, although the installation wiki page might be unclear > about it. Not an option for SSD-based Yeeloongs/Fuloongs, which come with

Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Nicolás Reynolds
On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:31:16 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On 1/4/12, Daniel Clark wrote: > > ... operating systems on the Yeeloong... (Note that this list purposefully > > only includes > > distributions that are easy for English-only speakers to install/use.) > > > > ... > > > > 1. *Rescue M

Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Daniel Clark
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Nicolás Reynolds wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:31:16 -0600, Javier Vasquez > wrote: > > On 1/4/12, Daniel Clark wrote: > > > 2. *Parabola GNU/Linux* > > > ... > > > You will need to have another operating system running before > installing > > > Parabola. > >

Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Javier Vasquez
On 1/5/12, Daniel Clark wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Nicolás Reynolds wrote: > >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:31:16 -0600, Javier Vasquez >> >> wrote: >> > On 1/4/12, Daniel Clark wrote: >> > > 2. *Parabola GNU/Linux* >> > > ... >> > > You will need to have another operating system runn

Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Michał Masłowski
> BTW, parabola calls its loongson distribution mips64el, which I don't > understand yet, given they are not using n64, :-) Both n32 and n64 require 64-bit CPUs and can use native 64-bit registers, so there is something 64 in them. If I remember correctly, Gentoo also used the mips64el name with

Re: [loongson-dev] Selecting an operating system for your new Lemote Yeeloong

2012-01-05 Thread Daniel Clark
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Javier Vasquez wrote: > On 1/5/12, Daniel Clark wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 7:52 AM, Nicolás Reynolds >wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 4 Jan 2012 23:31:16 -0600, Javier Vasquez > >> > >> wrote: > >> > On 1/4/12, Daniel Clark wrote: > >> > > 2. *Parabola GNU/Linu