On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> just wondering, how long *does* it take to build a kernel on say,
> voltaire or the x86 (C3 was it?), cuz here a kernel build is about 2
> hours - 604e/185 MHz, 84 MB RAM.
>
> is there a way to speed this up to say 1 hour, or 1 hour 1/2 without
> upgrading the CPU? more RAM maybe? i don't have 200-300$ to spend on a
> cpu upgrade.
Ugh, I have a 200 MHz 604e and 128 MB RAM, but it takes much less time (between
30 and 45 minutes, IIRC) on my machine. I guess a 66 MHz memory bus (perhaps
you have 40?) and a fast disk (I have UW-SCSI) do matter.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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-- Linus Torvalds
