Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 04:39:20PM -0400, Kwame Opam wrote: >> Just curious. How long would a full online install take? It occurs to >> me that I have some things to do by the week's end, but having >> everything optimized is what I really want to see. Should I expect a >> 24 hour install on broadband? > > Totally depends on your system. On a K7-900 with 512mb ram on > broadband it was probably a 6 hour install to the end of make system > (ie: no desktop stuff installed). For a full KDE on the same system > it was probably 16 hours approx (ie: wild ass guess), and less than > that for a full gnome install. Openoffice takes about 24 hours to > install on that machine.
One thing that might speed things up a bit during the initial install is to run emerge with the -f option, starting a while before compiling. That way, you will download sources continuously. (emerge --help for details on the -f option) -- Bj�rn Lindstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://bkhl.elektrubadur.se/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
