Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:25:11 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 1) How do I resume the build? emerge --resume so long as you can still boot :) which you should be able to. Otherwise, you may have to live-cd, chroot, emerge --resume. DONT do any other emerge commands in between, otherwise it

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-02 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 17:44 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:25:11 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: 1) How do I resume the build? emerge --resume so long as you can still boot :) which you should be able to. Otherwise, you may have to live-cd, chroot, emerge --resume.

[gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Walter Dnes
First a comment... - cost of computer... approx $800 - cost of small Uninterruptable Power Supply... approx $250 - the feeling when the lights go out for 30 seconds during a thunderstorm at package 198 of 292 in emerge -e world, but the UPS keeps things going until power comes

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 20:28 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 1) How do I resume the build? emerge --resume so long as you can still boot :) which you should be able to. Otherwise, you may have to live-cd, chroot, emerge --resume. DONT do any other emerge commands in between, otherwise it won't know

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Jones
Walter Dnes wrote on 02/06/06 02:28: I didn't intend to be running the emerge that long, but I wanted to try the gcc upgrade on my emergency backup machine first. It's a 1999 03:26 EDT. The emerge -e world took 36 hours and 37 minutes... 1) How do I resume the build? emerge --resume

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Dave Jones
Iain Buchanan wrote on 02/06/06 02:55: On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 20:28 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 3) A vaguely related item... will it make any noticable difference if I rebuild my kernel with gcc.3.4.5 and reboot at the end of the process? I may as well upgrade the entire system. If you've

Re: [gentoo-user] Questions about emerge -e world

2006-06-01 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 03:21 +0200, Dave Jones wrote: Iain Buchanan wrote on 02/06/06 02:55: On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 20:28 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: 3) A vaguely related item... will it make any noticable difference if I rebuild my kernel with gcc.3.4.5 and reboot at the end of the process? I