Building kernel.

[Mike Jeays]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:47:09 +0300
DerAlSem <DerAlSem at inbox.ru> wrote:

> Hello Mike,
> 
> Saturday, February 21, 2004, 1:17:05 PM, you wrote:
> 
> >>   I have Pentium 200 MMX, 128 MB ram, FreeBSD 5.1. How long does it
> >>   take to recompile kernel? Last time i've waited about 5 hour, then
> >>   stopped the process...
> 
> MM> If you're not upgrading, you can add this line in /etc/make.conf:
> 
> MM> NO_MODULES=true
> 
> MM> This will signifigantly reduce kernel compile time. As an alternative, you
> MM> can use MODULES_OVERRIDE, where you can list the modules you need and then
> MM> only those are built.
> 
> MM> Example:
> 
> MM> MODULES_OVERRIDE= vinum ntfs splash vesa
> 
> MM> ...so on and so forth
> 
> O, thanks, but now there are 2 more questions:
> 1. I still do not know exact (approx) time of compiling kernel on
> systems like mine.
> 2. Where can i read about modules, their names and descriptions?
> 
> P.S. I've already rebuilt my kernel w\o modules, but one of my prog
> won't compile without some of this modules, so i need more information
> `bout them.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  DerAlSem                            mailto:DerAlSem at inbox.ru
> 
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I would expect a kernel compile on a machine like yours to take much less
than 5 hours - more than 30 minutes would surprise me.


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