Re: compiling new kernel

[Marshal Wong <masee@usa.net>]

486/33 8MB 2.0.36

>>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Reuter <reuter@Uni-Hohenheim.DE> writes:

    > Hello there, On 7 Mar 2000, Marshal Wong wrote:
 
    >> If I may inquire, why are you trying to compile a 2.2.x kernel
    >> for a i386?  That's going to hurt.  I compiled a 2.0.x kernel
    >> on my old 486 and it took over 5 hours!

    > What kind of kernel did you compile, and on what kind of
    > machine?  I compiled a 2.0.36 kernel twice on 486 machines: One
    > on a machine with Intel 486DX2 @ 75 MHz with 8MB RAM: This took
    > about 55 Minutes.  The second on a machine with Cyrix 486SX @
    > 66MHz with 24 MB RAM. This took about 25 Minutes, though the
    > kernel was a bit larger, with more networking drivers included.

    > Greetings, Daniel



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