Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/08/2017 21:30, Dale wrote: > Mick wrote: >> On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:08:12 BST Alan McKinnon wrote: >> PS. Did I mention you would have to do all of the above using a dial-up >> modem, >> which would require off-tree modules, because your PC came with a Winmodem? >> >> PPS. In case

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-30 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 29/08/2017 18:47, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:08:12 BST Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 28/08/2017 22:20, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: >>> |it's not so hard yet, just hard to get by reading it in advance, doing >>> >>> it is fairly straight forward. >> >> It only seems

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-29 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:08:12 BST Alan McKinnon wrote: >> On 28/08/2017 22:20, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: >>> |it's not so hard yet, just hard to get by reading it in advance, doing >>> >>> it is fairly straight forward. >> It only seems like it might be tricky

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-29 Thread Mick
On Tuesday, 29 August 2017 12:08:12 BST Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/08/2017 22:20, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > > |it's not so hard yet, just hard to get by reading it in advance, doing > > > > it is fairly straight forward. > > It only seems like it might be tricky when

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-29 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 1:50 AM, J García wrote: > > I would recomed using something like the base livecd or systemrescuecd > for an install with OpenRC. and only use something like CentOS(if you > are talking about 7) if you want to use systemd, and then make use of >

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/08/2017 22:20, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > |it's not so hard yet, just hard to get by reading it in advance, doing > it is fairly straight forward.  > | It only seems like it might be tricky when reading it. Running Gentoo involves steps that you do on almost no other

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread J García
2017-08-28 14:20 GMT-06:00 : > > used about 3 lines of USE flags, actually it was less than a half hour, which > doesn't surprise me if the stage 3 is compiled. i am using a fairly quick > drive ;(and i was watching vid) had 2 small problems but i'll try

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread allan gottlieb
On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, allan gottlieb wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve >>> compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
excellent idea, thanks. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge. 28. Aug 2017 12:45 by jo...@antarean.org: > On 28 August 2017 20:37:30 GMT+02:00, allan gottlieb <> gottl...@nyu.edu> > > wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >>> I forgot to mention

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
good tip, thanks. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge. 28. Aug 2017 12:55 by ri...@gentoo.org: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, allan gottlieb <> gottl...@nyu.edu> > wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention there are things

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
oh ya, i' definetly watch  like a hawk evntually.  i'm using all cat  7 wiring, with different  network cards i could go 10G between my machines.  I went with cat 7, mostly to make sure it was screened properly, and some what future proof. -- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
used about 3 lines of USE flags, actually it was less than a half hour, which doesn't surprise me if the stage 3 is compiled.   i am using a fairly quick drive ;(and i was watching vid)  had 2  small problems but i'll try again off the live dvd.  i got an error with the rbind "mount --rbind

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/08/2017 18:55, John Blinka wrote: > invariably works. I'm not criticizing your speedup plans - by all > means, have fun - but if you're just starting out in Gentoo, be aware > that these speedups aren't necessarily a slam-dunk. OP should also watch out for the Gentoo ricer curse

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, allan gottlieb wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve >> compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. > > Does this mean that, if the build fails,

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 28 August 2017 20:37:30 GMT+02:00, allan gottlieb wrote: >On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve >> compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. > >Does this mean that, if the build

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread allan gottlieb
On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve > compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. Does this mean that, if the build fails, you build again not on tmpfs so as to capture build.log? thanks, allan

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread John Blinka
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 7:41 AM, wrote: > Ok, i'm starting to understand the install instructions, a steeper curve > than i expected but still way easier than LFS. > So, on a dual core athlon II 6000 (two cores, 3ghz) roughly how long will > stage3 take to

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/08/2017 18:47, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Alan McKinnon > wrote: >> On 28/08/2017 13:41, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: >>> Ok, i'm starting to understand the install instructions, a steeper curve >>> than i expected but

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 28/08/2017 13:41, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: >> Ok, i'm starting to understand the install instructions, a steeper curve >> than i expected but still way easier than LFS. >> So, on a dual core

Re: [gentoo-user] initial compile time

2017-08-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 28/08/2017 13:41, mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com wrote: > Ok, i'm starting to understand the install instructions, a steeper curve > than i expected but still way easier than LFS. > So, on a dual core athlon II 6000 (two cores, 3ghz)  roughly how long > will stage3 take to compile,