Well, my little #Gentoo #ARMv5 odyssey is moving along. I now have a stage 3 tarball.
```
16 Apr 2026 13:05:29 AEST: NOTICE : --- Running action sequence: capture
NOTICE:catalyst:--- Running action sequence: capture
16 Apr 2026 13:05:29 AEST: NOTICE : Capture target in a tarball
NOTICE:catalyst:Capture target in a tarball
16 Apr 2026 13:05:29 AEST: NOTICE : Creating stage tarball... mode: pixz
NOTICE:catalyst:Creating stage tarball... mode: pixz
16 Apr 2026 13:21:21 AEST: NOTICE : --- Running action sequence: remove_autoresume
NOTICE:catalyst:--- Running action sequence: remove_autoresume
16 Apr 2026 13:21:21 AEST: NOTICE : Removing AutoResume ...
NOTICE:catalyst:Removing AutoResume ...
16 Apr 2026 13:21:21 AEST: NOTICE : Emptying directory: /var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/seed/.autoresume-stage3-armv5tejl-20260318
NOTICE:catalyst:Emptying directory: /var/tmp/catalyst/tmp/seed/.autoresume-stage3-armv5tejl-20260318
```
This is a first pass, so I'll take a new snapshot and run this through again, hopefully this time I should need to do less fiddling in the background and it should run autonomously. *Then* I should have ready to use stages for ARMv5.
Stuart Longland (VK4MSL)
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