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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
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Subject: Re: A New Machine Is Close To Birth
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 01:39:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-18, Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:
> My Xeon W-1270P processor and Gigabyte W480 Vision W motherboard
> arrived from Hong Kong on 12/16.
>
> 32 Gigabytes of ECC memory arrived last week.
>
> I ordered a CPU cooler today.
>
> Soon I will purchase a power supply, HDD, and sound card.  I can reuse
> my video card and monitor (but I may consider new ones as well).
>
> However, the big part of the job will be building the software
> system, including the kernel.  This will be done via cross compilation
> and will be mostly automated.  But I need to acquire the compile
> parameters that are specific to this processor, especially the cache.
>
> I can use a Gentoo live USB to get these parameters and then do
> the cross compilation from my old system.
>
> Yes, it's a lot of fucking work but the end result is a system
> that is far better that any distro could provide.
>
> Working off and on and here and there I expect to be finished by
> the end of February 2025 (this is when a new kernel and glibc will
> be released).
>
> Then I will have Xeon W with 8/16 cores powered by GNU/Linux.
>
> There can be no better system.
>
> Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! 

After reading a few of your nebulous, confusing, word salad posts I would
suggest you engage someone who actually has the skill to build this system of yours
because I am 100% confident that you will fuck it up and that just might be a very
expensive lesson.

-- 
pothead

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