Which optimized stage3 should i use?

[kea0463]

Hello, I'm wanting to install funtoo on another PC

of mine it's a Hp a1473w model from like 2005,

i can't decide if i should use the generic64 kernel

or the pentium4 kerne;l 32 bit, any advice would be helpful

here is the stats of the PC:

 cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 15
model		: 4
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping	: 3
microcode	: 0x5
cpu MHz		: 2799.130
cache size	: 2048 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 1
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 5
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts nopl pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips	: 5598.26
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 128
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 15
model		: 4
model name	: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
stepping	: 3
microcode	: 0x5
cpu MHz		: 2799.130
cache size	: 2048 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 1
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 5
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc pebs bts nopl pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr
bogomips	: 5598.26
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 128
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:
#######################################################################

lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Thread(s) per core:    2
Core(s) per socket:    1
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            15
Model:                 4
Stepping:              3
CPU MHz:               2799.130
BogoMIPS:              5598.26
L1d cache:             16K
L2 cache:              2048K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,1

####And here is my video card make what settings do i use in VIDEO_CARD=""

lshw -c display
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
PCI (sysfs)  

  *-display:0             
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: RV530LE [Radeon X1600/X1650 PRO]
       vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
       resources: irq:18 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f

[666threesixes666]

that's a windows limitation, not a linux limitation.  64 stage3 will run better than 32, though your machine can do both.

[666threesixes666]

change the title to "which optimized stage3 should i use"

 

funtoo is a boot loader, a stage3, & a kernel.

 

i know there is a little bit of guesswork in this part of the documentation, ive looked at resolving it and dont see an easy way to do so.

 

i would go with pentium 4 64bit....  it looks like your system supports that.

[kea0463]

I did some research looks like I only need 64bit

if i have more than 4GB of RAM, I do not, so

I'm going to select the pentium 4 32-bit stage 3.

[kea0463]

====Going to install Funtoo on new PC

the PC I mentioed above is to old and

messed up, thanks for the advice:)