Hi Ken > Von: Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:16:08PM +0100, Steven Locher wrote: > > > > It is not for admins, but there is a chapter (2 weeks) reserved for > > that. My idea is to get the basic system going during those 2 weeks. > > > > > > You also need to work out how much time > > > > is actually available for your course (do you expect your students > > > > to devote all their time to the course, or two hours a week, or > > > > what ?), and then work out how much of that will be taken up with > > > > building the basic system. > > > > That is exactly what I want to know. Are 2 weeks @ 4h enough? > > Probably not. I build from scripts, and I understand how my > scripts work (mostly!), so some of my builds are a straight > run-through. On my fastest box, (athlon64 4000+, raptor disk) > 4 or 5 hours is ample to get a bootable 32-bit system with gdb, > strace, and a few other bells and whistles. The things that really > take the time are the toolchain tests, basically all recent > toolchains take for ever. Your vmware host is unknown territory > for me. Some people have faster machines, I suppose, others are > slower. Thanks for the hint. I haven't gone through it yet, will catch-up once back from vacation. My next question: Will taking the live-cd will cut that time? > You also have to consider what happens if^H^Hwhen something goes > wrong (e.g. students who omit or mis-key something). If you've > built the book a few times, and followed the list, you will > occasionally have a good idea about what has gone wrong. Other > times, people get completely new problems, and I suspect that > building on vmware might fall into that category. We have an assistent who is thorough with the whole VMware series. Steve -- Psst! Geheimtipp: Online Games kostenlos spielen bei den GMX Free Games! Spaßgarantie pur: http://games.entertainment.web.de/de/entertainment/games/free -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
