On 21 Jan, this message from Geert Uytterhoeven echoed through cyberspace: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> just wondering, how long *does* it take to build a kernel on say, >> voltaire or the x86 (C3 was it?), cuz here a kernel build is about 2 >> hours - 604e/185 MHz, 84 MB RAM. >> >> is there a way to speed this up to say 1 hour, or 1 hour 1/2 without >> upgrading the CPU? more RAM maybe? i don't have 200-300$ to spend on a >> cpu upgrade. > > Ugh, I have a 200 MHz 604e and 128 MB RAM, but it takes much less time > (between > 30 and 45 minutes, IIRC) on my machine. I guess a 66 MHz memory bus (perhaps > you have 40?) and a fast disk (I have UW-SCSI) do matter.
Yeah, two hours is horrible.... a few random ideas: - kernel config: don't build stuff you don't need. - check your hard disk speed: hdparm -tT /dev/<disk with kernel source> (is non-destructive; post the result to compare) - more memory will help; but 84 MB is not _that_ bad, unless you have plenty of other things going on. - faster processor: it looks like you have some 7600/8600 machine; you may want to consider a G3 CPU upgrade. 300-400 MHz cards should be cheap by now... Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
