Many thanks for your input. Have you done anything to the OS such as optimising or tuning? Since this is a new laptop and I am thinking of returning it if there is a hardware deficiency with it.
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 13:13:48 -0600 "Robert Wideman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OUCH, how the hell??? > My computers and times that i have used for linux: > -Compaq 7180 (p100) and it takes 1.5 hours to compile a complete kernel. > -Clone all SCSI p3-450 and it takes 30 mins to compile a complete kernel. > -Dell Optiplex GX1 P3-450 and it takes 35 mins to compile a complete kernel. > > You guys might want to rethink your timing. > > Rob > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chuck Burns > Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 11:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel compiling takes 80 minutes on P4 1.8 > machine > > > On Mon, January 20 2003 11:01 am, Wei Wang wrote: > *snip* > > I am not sure if this is hardware related or OS related. I have Mandrake > > 9.0 on my Pentium 4 M 1.8Ghz laptop. Now the complete kernel compiling > make > > clean bzImage modules > *snip > > takes 80 minutes to finish. Every "gcc" stays on the screen for a second > or > *snip* > > I have a P4 1.6 desktop, and it takes me about 45 minutes to compile > everything, all modules and everything. My P3-500 desktop takes almost 2 > hours, however, my P3-500 laptop takes over 3 hours. > > In case you didn't know, ALL x86 laptop cpu's are NOT the same cpu as the > desktops, which makes them just a little better than half the speed of their > respective desktop counterparts. While they both run at the same speed, the > pipelining, power control, etc etc is much different. Data bus width also > comes into play. AFAIK the only computers that use the exact same > processors > for both desktops and laptops are Apples. > > So, in answer to your question, no, there's probably nothing wrong with your > hardware other than the fact it's a Mobility CPU, hooked to the cheapest > components the maker of that laptop could find. > > -- > Chuck Burns, Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----------==========----------- > "You are old, Father William," the young man said, > "All your papers these days look the same; > Those William's would be better unread -- > Do these facts never fill you with shame?" > > "In my youth," Father William replied to his son, > "I wrote wonderful papers galore; > But the great reputation I found that I'd won, > Made it pointless to think any more." > > > > >
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