compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Rowdy
Greetings, My attempts to compile a (5.1-RELEASE) kernel on a very old PC take around 5 hours (of compile time), while a much faster machine sits by idle. It would be great to be able to compile the kernel on the faster machine and transfer it to the older machine. Would I be correct in

Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Drew Tomlinson
Rowdy told a big fish story including the following on 12/23/2003 1:31 PM: Greetings, My attempts to compile a (5.1-RELEASE) kernel on a very old PC take around 5 hours (of compile time), while a much faster machine sits by idle. It would be great to be able to compile the kernel on the

Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Daniela
On Tuesday 23 December 2003 21:31, Rowdy wrote: Greetings, My attempts to compile a (5.1-RELEASE) kernel on a very old PC take around 5 hours (of compile time), while a much faster machine sits by idle. It would be great to be able to compile the kernel on the faster machine and transfer it

Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Sean Ellis
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:31:38PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: Rowdy told a big fish story including the following on 12/23/2003 1:31 PM: My attempts to compile a (5.1-RELEASE) kernel on a very old PC take around 5 hours (of compile time), while a much faster machine sits by idle. It

Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Sean Ellis
On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:04:09PM -0800, Sean Ellis wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:31:38PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: OK, hang on. Here it is in an older handbook I have. Appearing as: 19.4.15.5. Can I use one machine as a master to upgrade lots of machines (NFS)?, a question at the

Re: compiling a kernel on a different machine

2003-12-23 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Sean Ellis wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 06:04:09PM -0800, Sean Ellis wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 02:31:38PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson wrote: OK, hang on. Here it is in an older handbook I have. Appearing as: 19.4.15.5. Can I use one machine as a master to upgrade lots of machines (NFS)?,