On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 09:39 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 08:34:39AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > kernel-source-2.6.10 > > > > Jeez. Athlon 2200+, 1GB RAM, 100GB ATA/133 drive, with a "desktop" > > .config file (i.e., no low-level SCSI drivers, weird filesystems, > > etc, but all USB, firewire, bluetooth, etc options chosen) and it > > takes about 12 minutes. > > > > But, hmm, no DRI or fb and only 1 codepage, if that makes a diffie. > > Well if you turn of building of all the network, scsi, usb, etc modules > then you cut a lot of time of the build. The default debian config has > almost all the drivers enabled as modules in case someone needs them.
True enough. But who needs 25 Ethernet drivers, and 2 dozen chipset drivers? (Except during install, of course.) And how few modern desktops really need low-level SCSI drivers? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. Note to LSU and Valdosta State students: India is not an Arab country! http://www.talonnews.com/news/2003/october/1009_college_dems_jind al.shtml
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