On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> 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. > I always have trouble remembering what i686 is: it's everything from Pentium Pro (P6, Pentium M, then PII and PII but excluding Pentium MMX) and on up, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors#Pentium_Pro So those are quite cheap; in fact, most of mine are "free", excluding my time to pick up, test, and dispose properly of the duds. _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
