On a p2 400, i would realisticly count on 2+ days for a fully functional KDE, mainly XFree86 and mozilla are the culprets for most of the time needed.
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 10:11, Graham, Steve wrote: > Using the GRP CD images and starting from a stage3 tarball the individual > package downloads, updates, and compiling the kernel on an AthlonXP 2100 > with a Gig of ram and a 640k DSL line take 5-7 hours. Actually, don't quote > me on the time... I go to bed and its done when I wake up. ;0) > > Unfortunately I have yet to make it past the reboot after finishing the > kernel compile, but that's just because this is such a huge learning curve > for me. > > I am rather curious though why gentoo takes so long to compile and setup > verses some of the other distros? Is it simply that we get to compile our > custom kernel and the others just give you a kernel compiled the way they > want, or is there more to it than that? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ernie Schroder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Realistic Install timeframe > > > On Friday 21 March 2003 10:26 am, Trey Sizemore wrote: > > I was thinking of installing Gentoo on my maching starting this > > afternoon. My machine in a PII400 with 512M RAM, ATI All-inWonder > > 128 video, CD-RW, 48X CD, Iiyama 450. Would it be realistic if I > > started install (my first Gentoo install - currently dual-booting > > WinXP and Libranet 2.7) at stage 1 this afternoon, that I could have > > a functioning (KDE, email, browser) up and running by tomorrow > > sometime? If so, I'll probably give it a try. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > You COULD install from the GRP CD images. That should get you up and > running in the time frame you're talking about. The disadvantage is > that you will be loosing a lot of the individual optomizations that > make Gentoo special. With the GRP precompiled binaries, you can install > an X server and KDE in minutes instead of days but it is likely that an > emerge -u world will take quite a while (24 hours perhaps) but at least > the machine will be usable durring that time. > Somebody that has installed from GRP should jump in here and correct > me > if I'm wrong.... -- Aaron M. Matteson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.loreland.com Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/GCC d s: a- C+ UL+++ P++ L+++ E W++ N o- K w-- ! M- V--PS PE+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+++ X+ R- tv+ b++ DI++ D++ G e* h* r++ y++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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