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Re: How long do I need to compile kernel



Compiling a kernel is not long. Righly compililing a kernel is another
story tough ;)

Michel

On 6/7/05, Vegard|drageV <vegardlr@gmail.com> wrote:
> As Jan pointed out i should have written 455MHZ not kHz.... My bad, sorry.
> Thanks for the compiling-times I've gotten from you all. I've regained
> faith that it is possible to do this job within few hours.
> 
> Cheers, Vegard
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/7/05, Jurgen Stroo <blurg@jurgenstroo.com> wrote:
> > Uhm, I'd say a month, maybe two. You can probably swap this 455kHz CPU for
> > a 400Mhz CPU or higher, that'll speed up the compile a bit :)
> >
> > Jurgen
> >
> > Although very unlikely, it seems Vegard|drageV stated on Jun 7 that :
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > > I am about to compile my first kernel, but since I've heard it can
> > > last a while (up to several hours), I will have to plan the job more
> > > carefully.
> > >
> > > Here is a quick summary of my hardware:
> > >
> > > PIII 455kHz prosessor
> > > 192Mb RAM,
> > > 2 hdd (12Gb + 4Gb) with ext3 fs,
> > > 1 cd-writer, (non scsi)
> > > 1 cdrom (non scsi)
> > > Floppy drive
> > > Sound Blaster audiocard (using module ens-1371 today)
> > > nVidia graphix card
> > > 5 USB 2.0 ports on PCI card
> > >
> > > Besides that my monitor, speakers, keybord and mouse (com1) is quite
> > > old, with no special effects or buttons.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any idea how long a kernelcompilation will take. When
> > > I start this job I will compile the latest kernel.org stable release
> > > (i.e. 2.6.12 or up).
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance, Vegard
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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