Using the GRP CD images and starting from a stage3 tarball the individual package downloads, updates, and compiling the kernel on an AthlonXP 2100 with a Gig of ram and a 640k DSL line take 5-7 hours. Actually, don't quote me on the time... I go to bed and its done when I wake up. ;0)
Unfortunately I have yet to make it past the reboot after finishing the kernel compile, but that's just because this is such a huge learning curve for me. I am rather curious though why gentoo takes so long to compile and setup verses some of the other distros? Is it simply that we get to compile our custom kernel and the others just give you a kernel compiled the way they want, or is there more to it than that? -----Original Message----- From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Realistic Install timeframe On Friday 21 March 2003 10:26 am, Trey Sizemore wrote: > I was thinking of installing Gentoo on my maching starting this > afternoon. My machine in a PII400 with 512M RAM, ATI All-inWonder > 128 video, CD-RW, 48X CD, Iiyama 450. Would it be realistic if I > started install (my first Gentoo install - currently dual-booting > WinXP and Libranet 2.7) at stage 1 this afternoon, that I could have > a functioning (KDE, email, browser) up and running by tomorrow > sometime? If so, I'll probably give it a try. > > Thanks. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list You COULD install from the GRP CD images. That should get you up and running in the time frame you're talking about. The disadvantage is that you will be loosing a lot of the individual optomizations that make Gentoo special. With the GRP precompiled binaries, you can install an X server and KDE in minutes instead of days but it is likely that an emerge -u world will take quite a while (24 hours perhaps) but at least the machine will be usable durring that time. Somebody that has installed from GRP should jump in here and correct me if I'm wrong.... -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
