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On 9/16/05, Mario Carugno <mcarugno@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi there, i'm curious about Gentoo. Installation needs some compilation ? |
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> I ask because i want to try Gentoo on an old 40MB Pentium I / 120mhz, and |
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> if |
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> some compilation is needed, i could forget it. |
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> Is Gentoo suited for such old computers ? |
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> Thank you all. |
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If you have the patience go for it. A machine that old isn't good for too |
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much except perhaps a router or simple home networking server but for those |
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applications it should do really well. The trick to doing this though is to |
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have a much faster machine where you can do all the compilation and then |
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copy it over to the slower computer. |
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I just finished doing something like this. You have to have a decent sized |
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hard drive in a fast computer then create a directory on your disk, unzip an |
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official stage into it, chroot yourself inside that directory and do the |
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Gentoo install as if you where working on the slow computer. Be careful to |
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make sure you set all your compiler options and use flags etc... up for the |
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P1 and not the faster computer. Once you have the system setup exactly the |
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way you want it take snapshot of the folder (I just made a tbz2 archive). |
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Then you will need to format and partition the disk on the P1 and unzip your |
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new "stage" onto the drive. Install your favorite bootloader and reboot. |
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Very simple. Then you can either toss your chrooted system on your fast |
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computer or use it as a build environment to make binary packages for the |
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old system. |
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The whole point is that I would never, ever, compile that much software on |
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an old machine due to how much time you will sit around waiting for it to |
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finish (think weeks). But what you want to do is very doable and kind of fun |
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once you get it done. Perhaps I have a sick concept of fun but its neat to |
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make use of old hardware that nothing better that Win 3.1 would run on. |
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-Mike |
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Michael E. Crute |
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Software Developer |
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SoftGroup Development Corporation |
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Linux, because reboots are for installing hardware. |
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"In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and gates?" |
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