>On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, lin q wrote: > >> Thanks, my PC is a Pentium Celeron 266MHz eMachine. I want to use old kernel >> because this machine is sort of old, (or is it as you see?), I must turn off >> DMA in order to use CDROM. >> >> I want to minimize the hassel as Linux build is new to me, a more stable and >> bug-less version is the key point. If 2.6 kernel is actually good, then >> among LFS 5.0, 5.1.1 and 6.0, which is the best fit for me? >> > > I imagine 5.1.1 will build more quickly than 6.0 (my experience is that >compiling with gcc-3.4 takes a lot longer than with 3.3, although the >binaries might run marginally faster). I really can't see any advantage >to using the 5.0 book, beyond perhaps saving a few minutes in the >compilation.
I'm currently building LFS-6.0 on a couple of older computers here, 233-mmx, sbu=35min, pentium pro 200, sbu=30min. > Yes, I agree 266MHz processors are old, but the >kernel should know all about their quirks and foibles. I've not heard >of people having to turn off dma to use the cdrom, at least not on sane >hardware. IBM PC300 Celeron-633 (mb is an Amptron P6IWP-Fe) cd-booting linux with dma enabled is not working :-/ <snip> Tosing -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
