> The problem is compiling the damn kernel. The post 2.0 kernel > source has become so bloated that it nearly overflows the free > space on my HD and takes forever to compile (on my 486).
Heh. I remember when building 1.4.x was pushing the limits on my drive, couldn't move to a 2.0 kernel until we got a huge 1.6GB disk. Then I just upgraded to the version of Slackware that came in the back of 'Linux Kernel Internals', which was a 2.0-based distro; the upgrade to 2.2 required me to put the old 240MB drive back in (resting on the soundcard and front panel) to build since I'd run out of space *again*. Now the machine's getting rebuilt completely with a 2.4 kernel (need to be current, it's a router/server box). It's a P133 with 40MB RAM; I'll let you know how long the 2.4 build takes if you're interested? > It's not unusual for me to recompile something 7-8 times to get > it just right. But this process becomes absolute tortue when > the compilation you begin at breakfast is not finished until lunch. D'you want a compute/compile server account to speed the process? I can get you an account on my dual PIII-800 workstation from the end of next month... 'Course, you may find your P166 is plenty fast enough :) I was actually thinking of offering shell accounts on my server box to anyone here who wants one, if there was any interest. *shrug* > It just depends on how big the packages have become > in Slackware 8.1. BasicLinux will still use Slackware > packages for X, GCC, etc. I'm hoping they haven't become > too bloated. I installed 8.0 in a VM a couple of days ago; nothing seemed to be alarmingly larger than it was when I installed '97 on my other box. There a a few new package sets (KDE and GNOME are now in their own sets), but the basic install seems pretty similar. The X server setup has changed completely though; by default, it uses the VESA Framebuffer support in 2.2+ kernels (the one that puts it into graphics mode at boot), so you have to install another X server package from the pasture directory (I think) if you don't want the nasty 60Hz VESA-only stuff. GCC might be a bit bigger now though... Regards, Ben A L Jemmett. (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/) To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
