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

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 t

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.

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 transf

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 faste