Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Compiling Linux

[cyberdork33 <cyb...@gm...>]

A genkernel kernel that I just did recently
(kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.25-gentoo-r7) is 3.2MB and the initramfs that goes
along with it is 16MB.

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Jelle De Loecker <sk...@ki...>wrote:

>  Aww ..
>
> Not even on the atv? How much space does it consume, anyway? Because this
> genkernel has used like 1 megabyte the past few hours.
>
> *Met vriendelijke groeten,*
>
> *Jelle De Loecker*
> Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
>
>
> cyberdork33 schreef:
>
> I have never had a genkernel take nearly that long.
>
> Jelle De Loecker wrote:
>
>
>  Well, I didn't read it ran up to 14 hours, but that compiling a kernel
> with all the modules and such took someone 14 hours.
>
> Anyway, it's not really just a compile I'm doing, it's a genkernel
> (stage 3) and I did read that could take a long time. I just hate it
> that the wiki said nothing about this or that I'm getting no feedback
> whatsoever.
>
> /Met vriendelijke groeten,/
>
> *Jelle De Loecker*
> Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
>
>
> Sven Anders schreef:
>
>
>  Jelle De Loecker schrieb:
>
>
>
>  Hi everyone,
>
> I'm currently compiling the linux kernel on my AppleTV (I'm following
> the Gentoo tutorial on MythTV's wiki) and I was just wondering how long
> it would take.
>
> I've read about long compiles, about 14 hours, on regular machines. I
> know there's only 1 ghz in this machine but since it's a silent compile
> and the only feedback I'm getting is from ps -x I got too curious.
>
>
>
>  Where did you read 'up to 14 hours'?
>
>
>
>
>  It's been at it for 20 hours now. The script is still displaying
> "building dependencies".
> There seems to be a lot of activity according to ps -x, yet the disk
> space usage stays the same.
>
> So I got a bit worried. And yes, it's my first kernel-compile :)
>
>
>
>  The compile time depends on the processor and the selected features,
> but on an 1GHz processor it should take longer than 2 hours
>
> Some more info about build the linux kernel here:
> http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html
>
> Regards
>  Sven
>
>
>
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