Re: SGI Indy possible buildd
Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> Erich Schubert wrote:
>> Hi,
>> We have an SGI Indy (R4000SC V3.0 FPU V0.0, 96 MB RAM, 500 MB disc
>> free, MHz unkown, 50 Bogomips) located at the university of munich.
>
> That's a 100 MHz Indy, the slowest model.
>
>> The machine is currently unused, we'd like to set it up as buildd to
>> help keeping the mips queue down.
>> Is there need for it, and what do we need to install & do?
>
> I think the biggest problem (besides its slowness) is the disk space
> available. E.g. a XFree86 build needs 4.5 GB (including the build
> environment, but limited to the required packages). sbuild tends to
> grow its environment over time. The sid chroot which I used for sbuild
> has now 1.5 GB.
>
>
> Thiemo
Anything below 2GB disk free is not suitable for a general buildd. If
you have another system that could provide network storage (via
network block device for example) you can set it up as buildd.
MfG
Goswin
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