on #gentoo, I was told that with my machine, expect about 20 hours (much better than 2 weeks!) and the first part would be quick, after I reboot from the initial install, i shoud issue emerge -f system (I think thats what they said...)
Jamie On Monday 02 June 2003 07:30 pm, Mr O wrote: : Surely you'd like to see how much quicker you can do it on your : new machine eh? Don't forget 'distcc' for splitting up the : workload. It'll really help on the larger packages like Xfree86 : and KDE. : : Mr O. : : --- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > BAGGAB wrote: : > > Can you elaborate on this. Can this be installed from a CD? : > : > I just finished this morning building a fairly full-featured : > Gentoo : > system*. I started it on May 4th, right after Jack and : > Vladimir's : > Gentoo talk, so call it four weeks. My CPU is a Celeron 466 : > MHz w/ : > 512 Mb of RAM and 5200 RPM disk drive. I had to do it three : > times : > before I got it right: the first one took a week or so, the : > second one : > only went for a couple of days before I realized I should : > start over : > again, and the last one was delayed by my travelling. If I : > had been : > there all the time, and if I had not made one crucial mistake, : > it : > would have been less than two weeks. That little KDE problem : > that I : > asked the group for help on a few days ago stopped progress : > for a : > couple of days too. : > : > So if you want to build Gentoo, either get a real fast box or : > plan to : > wait a while. : : __________________________________ : Do you Yahoo!? : Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). : http://calendar.yahoo.com : _______________________________________________ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- There are no threads in a.b.p.erotica, so there's no gain in using a threaded news reader. -- unknown source _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
