> On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 07:32 +0100, Karolina Lindqvist wrote: >> I recently switched to Archlinux from debian, and is quite happy with >> it. The switchover was not hard at all. >> Many things are much faster, and it is much more straightforward in >> its setup. >> >> But still, I have a web-server, running on a non-i686 processor, and >> it is still running debian due to that. Yesterday I tried to install >> proftp, and got completely entangled in the mess of debian setups, so >> I was thinking that maybe I could just recomile archlinux for that >> processor, just the parts I need, and run it there too. >> >> Has anyone done like that. Recompiled partial archlinux for another >> processor? I guess it means most of >> base + a little bit more. Is it a too big project, or does it go >> fairly easy? I have experience enough to do it, I am mainly wondering >> how entangling it would be. > > If you really want to run arch on that "server", consider replacing it. >
I will second that. I got a new AMD processor, 3400+, motherboard with all the buses AND video, nic, usb, etc., and a stick of ddr2 memory (512mb) for about $ 160 american. I did this at the local store. If I considered what my time is worth, this was money well spent. Very best regards; Bob Finch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
