On both my p/133 with 160mb ram and my p/166 with 80mb ram the kernel takes about 5/6 hours. on my 900mhz amd it takes about an hour, and would be quicker but I use zipslack on that and umsdos is slow. On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 12:10:35PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > Slow processers with low memory like 16 meg will take a *VERY* *VERY* long > time to compile larg things like the linux kernel. Compiling the kernel on > my p120 16 meg laptop takes over five hours to complete! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sean McMahon" <smcmahon at usgs.gov> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: fedora and nepernicus x-window system requirements > > > > Sinse I'm about to install debian on a Pentium 90 I'm curious, why did you > > have problems compiling? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.