Re: [uml-user] Gentoo under UML

[James W. <jw...@ee...>]

David Cannings wrote:
> How well does Gentoo run under UML?  I'm just considering how easy it is 
> to compile everything from source under a UML, especially with only 64M 
> or 128M memory.  

If you start with a stage3 image, you shouldn't have to compile anything 
on install, though you may have to do some compiling when you emerge new 
updates.  I think you can create your own emerge server with compiled 
updates and have the UMLs fetch them from there to avoid compiling 
updates on the UML, but I haven't done that myself.

> Also, how much disk space would be recommended for it?  I know of at least 
> one UML hosting company that offers Gentoo, I'd just like to know how 
> practical it would be to use Gentoo on a 64M limited UML with only 3GB or 
> so disk space.

It's quite flexible on what you have to install, so I expect 3GB would 
be fine.  I generally have 2-3GB on my root disk, but if you get rid of 
Gnome and desktop application programs, 3GB should be more than enough 
for an install.

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James Walden, Ph.D.
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The University of Toledo @ LCCC
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