Is it possible to somehow set this method as the preferred method for installing new packages? (Like say using a text editor from the boot cd before allowing the first debian boot from the hard disk?)
-----Original Message----- From: Brendan O'Connor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 03:32 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installing on a new system... Is it possible to have the packages I select automatically build from .deb source versions and compiled specifically for my CPU? On Monday 09 July 2001 01:51, mjevans1983011 wrote: > I think the topic says most of what I want. > <Snip> > Anyway; is this possible? Can I just put in a boot disk/cd and have all my > packages compiled on my system to its exact abilities? If yes, which > download is it for debian? > Well, not that automatically. You can always apt-get -b source package to automatically download the source and compile it (and the pentium-builder package is supposed to automatically force optimizations for you) but you'll need a base system installed first. I guess you could slowly replace all your default installed packages with more robust, faster ones. --Brendan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
