On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Basanta Shrestha <basanta.shrestha@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > In order to build OS and some other packages for XO laptop ( ARMv7 > architecture compatible ), I am doing virtualization through QEMU using > Versatile Express. I have a Dell PowerEdge (2 core with 3GB RAM) which I > consider is moderately fast machine. but inside VM I am only getting 1 CPU > and 1GB RAM and build process is very very slow. It takes more than 6 hours > to build the OS, right now I am building firefox and god know how long it > will take. Is there a way I can make it faster?I wonder what people are > using in similar cases. Please suggest. Why are you rebuilding firefox when we already provide pre build binaries is my first question? Ultimately we use physical HW for all the builds (quad core 1.4 ghz, 4gb of RAM) as the virtualised HW is slow as you can well see. Something like the Wandboard quad which has 2Gb of RAM and a real Sata port for $129 would provide a big improvement. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
