On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:43:33PM +0200, Binyamin Dissen wrote:
> 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.
>...
That might not be a fast computer by todays standards, but assuming you
have at about 400 MB free disk space there shouldn't be any problem with
getting a kernel compiled within a reasonable amount of time.
cu
Adrian
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