# Gentoo on PB-Club with Cyrix II-300 and 256M RAM

[![images.jpeg](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/AOXPZVk8pxWZ6yDd-images.jpeg)](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/images.jpeg)

#### Linux-Hardware Probe:

[https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=e4035a3519](https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=e4035a3519)

Mainboard/Chipset:  
[https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/biostar-m5sib](https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/biostar-m5sib)

#### Fetch-Output:

##### [![pb-club-neofetch.png](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/TXhewF8iEW9NACtN-pb-club-neofetch.png)](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/pb-club-neofetch.png)

#### [![pb-club-uwufetch.png](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/scaled-1680-/rwRfJbvKaFn9YNTo-pb-club-uwufetch.png)](https://wiki.setinum.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-02/pb-club-uwufetch.png)

####   
Install with i686-stage3:

[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Installation/About](https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Installation/About)

#### Relevant config files:

##### /etc/portage/make.conf

```
COMMON_FLAGS="-O2 -march=pentiumpro -mtune=generic -mbranch-cost=3 -mmmx -mno-accumulate-outgoing-args -mno-sahf -pipe"
CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"

# NOTE: This stage was built with the bindist USE flag enabled

# This sets the language of build output to English.
# Please keep this setting intact when reporting bugs.
LC_MESSAGES=C.utf8
USE="-kde -qt4 -qt5 -ffmpeg -mp3 -alsa"

GENTOO_MIRRORS="https://mirror.eu.oneandone.net/linux/distributions/gentoo/gentoo/ \
    http://ftp.agdsn.de/gentoo \
    https://ftp.spline.inf.fu-berlin.de/mirrors/gentoo/"
```

##### /etc/portage/package.use/00cpu-flags

```
*/* CPU_FLAGS_X86: mmx
```

##### /etc/lilo.conf

```
lba32
boot = /dev/sda
prompt
delay = 50
image = /boot/kernel-6.6.35-gentoo-dist
        initrd = /boot/initramfs-6.6.35-gentoo-dist.img
        label = Gentoo
        append="root=UUID=a6520f0e-39ff-43c6-997f-301b287f9d90 rootfstype=ext4"
        read-write
```