Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > J. Greenlees wrote: > >> 8 hour build time? unless using the build scripts I don't think it's >> possible without brand spanking new hardware with massive amounts of ram. >> > > ums.usu.ru (before it died in November, 2007 due to voltage spike): Pentium > IV > 2.4 GHz (without hyperthreading), Intel S845WD1-E server board, 512 MB of > RAM, > 120 GB IDE hard disk. Bought in May, 2003, not upgraded since then until the > complete replacement in November, 2007. Able to build LFS LiveCD (the full > version) in 12 hours. So we are not speaking about brand new hardware. > > And the "8 hours" figure has the following origin: it's the maximum amount > that > we can realistically expect a typical desktop computer to stay on, so one > doesn't have to bother with exiting and reentering the build environment > (that > is poorly documented in the book, probably because it is not supposed to be > done). > > and this is done manually typing in, or copy and paste of the build commands? or is it scripted to remove the manual input [ slow point ] requirement?
>>> Hard disk space is a mandatory requirement. >>> Disk requirement on IPCop is 2 GB free space before building. >>> Indicative minimal memory could be somewhere between 128 MB. >>> Recommended memory to build should more than 256 MB >>> I have mesured IPCop 1.4 (is with gcc-3.3) building time on the same machine >>> with 128 MB and 512 MB. 128 MB require 3 time more to build than with 512 MB >>> memory. >>> > > We are talking about a bit different things. The paragrapk above is talking > about building gcc-3.3 based IPCop from itself - that's fine. But building > gcc-4.x with gcc-3.3 triggers a known bug in gcc-3.3 that leads to huge > consumption of memory (above 512 MB). > > >> and the learning opportunities for building on a more limited resource >> system are greater, you run into problems from the limitations. >> > > Let me just throw your child into water and say "he learns swimming" (bad > joke: > I can't swim). No, learning must be gradual, the reader must see a > trouble-free > book first and _then_ experiment. > That's how I learned to swim, just jumped right into the pool in the back yard. :D still can't float, not a good swimmer on top of the water, but almost a fish under water :D -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
