On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Aaron wrote: > No I scrolled up I don't think its a loop. > > I didn't make clean before I started and a previous build was interupted > by a kid. > could this make things go so slow?
no - but it could explain why it's in such a loop. if i were you, i'd start afresh - if it's still compiling now, it means it is running for 3 days in a row - which is un-natural.... --guy > > Aaron > On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 18:37 +0200, guy keren wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Aaron wrote: > > > > > > However on Debian it is generally preffered to build kernels using > > > > make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot (from the package kernel-kpg) even when > > > > building a vanilla kernel. > > > > > > > > faked should take that much CPU time, though. > > > > > > So it has been building for two days already, I have do simple tasks but > > > no serious work while it builds,It is up to: > > > > just out of curiousity - what kind of hardware are you running this > > compilation on? > > > > compiling a kernel should certainly not take more then 1-2 hours on a > > machine from the last few years - no matter which kernel features you're > > using. > > > > somthing is fishy here... sounds as if you managed to get the build > > process to go into a loop ;) > > > -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
