Compiling a kernel is not long. Righly compililing a kernel is another story tough ;)
Michel On 6/7/05, Vegard|drageV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As Jan pointed out i should have written 455MHZ not kHz.... My bad, sorry. > Thanks for the compiling-times I've gotten from you all. I've regained > faith that it is possible to do this job within few hours. > > Cheers, Vegard > > > > On 6/7/05, Jurgen Stroo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Uhm, I'd say a month, maybe two. You can probably swap this 455kHz CPU for > > a 400Mhz CPU or higher, that'll speed up the compile a bit :) > > > > Jurgen > > > > Although very unlikely, it seems Vegard|drageV stated on Jun 7 that : > > > > > Hi folks, > > > I am about to compile my first kernel, but since I've heard it can > > > last a while (up to several hours), I will have to plan the job more > > > carefully. > > > > > > Here is a quick summary of my hardware: > > > > > > PIII 455kHz prosessor > > > 192Mb RAM, > > > 2 hdd (12Gb + 4Gb) with ext3 fs, > > > 1 cd-writer, (non scsi) > > > 1 cdrom (non scsi) > > > Floppy drive > > > Sound Blaster audiocard (using module ens-1371 today) > > > nVidia graphix card > > > 5 USB 2.0 ports on PCI card > > > > > > Besides that my monitor, speakers, keybord and mouse (com1) is quite > > > old, with no special effects or buttons. > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea how long a kernelcompilation will take. When > > > I start this job I will compile the latest kernel.org stable release > > > (i.e. 2.6.12 or up). > > > > > > Thanks in advance, Vegard > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
