On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:53:37 +0100 "Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: :>On 2/11/08, Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: :>> I am about to do the jump and setup up a pentium type machine for linux. :>> What is the minimal configuration (processor, memory, disk) to be able to run :>> the latest and greatest, including rebuilding the kernel within a reasonable :>> amount of time? :>I am not sure if I really understand your question -- you say "minimal :>configuration" and "latest and greatest". In my mind, this sounds like :>a contradiction. :>Do you mean the latest kernel? In that case, I expect that you don't :>need very much -- I have a 486 with 16 MB RAM that runs a Gentoo Linux :>with 2.6.16 kernel or so. I don't think the requirements have changed :>that much since then. It has a 2G disk, but doesn't have any :>graphical/X programs. Are you interested in just running the kernel, :>or do you also need a full desktop system? The latest kernel. I would expect to telnet/PUTTY from a different system to do stuff, so I am not sure if graphical performance would be needed. :>When you say "rebuilding the kernel", do you want to build the kernel :>on the machine in question, or a completely different one? Compiling :>the kernel on pretty much anything below 500 MHz would be a major :>pain, I think. Why do you want to build your own kernel, are you :>looking for a development/test machine? I would eventually want to build my own kernel. I take it a pentium 2 with 256M would be more than adequate for the job? I do not mind if the full build takes a couple of hours - I would if it takes a couple of days. :>If you are trying to reduce compile time for the kernel, I would :>suggest starting with "make defconfig", then removing the things you :>don't need (PCI, USB, etc.). (You can also run "make allnoconfig", but :>then you really do have to know what to enable in order to make the :>kernel usable for your setup.) I do not want to remove stuff, but I will do most stuff off of the machine. I would FTP updated stuff and then run a make. :>If you just want to install Linux on an older machine, the best option :>is probably to perform the installation on a new machine, then switch :>disks. There are plenty of small/lightweight distributions out there. :> :>I hope this helps at least a little bit. But knowing your requirements :>and/or intentions would probably help us answer your question. Good :>luck. Thanks for the pointers. -- Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
