[ale] Linux compile taking *REALLY* long

[Alfred Grahame Leach]

Thanks for everyone who replied to me regarding the my kernel compilation 
problems.  It turns out that my problem was running Xwindows while 
compiling.  In retrospect it makes sense that this is an inherently bad 
idea on a machine with a whopping Bogomips rating of 12.52 (nice, eh? - 
anything I can do to improve this?  Looking into upgrading with a Pentium 
63 overdrive processor - is this a good idea?).  The compilation hasn't 
completed yet, but it's a *WHOLE* lot further than it was before...

Thanks again!

- Al

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On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Alfred Grahame Leach wrote:

> 
> Hey everybody,
> 
> I'm compiling a new kernel on a 486sx/25.  I started the compile last 
> night around 6pm or so, and it's now 9am and it's still running.  That 
> can't be normal - I mean I know it's a slow machine and all, but come 
> on!  It's currently doing (and it's been doing this step since last night):
> 
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/kernel'
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -03 
> -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -m486 -c ksyms.c
> 
> It seems to still be going - it's pinging the hard drive probably 2 or 3 
> times per second...  However, I'm losing hope that it's doing anything 
> useful.  Any suggestions as to how to more successfully compile a kernel 
> for this machine?
> 
> Details:
> DELL 425s/L
> Adaptec 1515 SCSI
> Conner SCSI hd
> NEC Multispin 3xp plus SCSI
> video on motherboard w/512k
> Intel Ether Express (any suggestions on configuring this 'semi-supported'
> 			card would be highly appreciated as well - it's the
> 			reason I'm rebuilding the kernel in the first place
> 			- everything else works with the stock kernel RedHat
> 			installed...)
> RedHat Picasso Linux w/1.2.13 kernel
> 
> TIA for any suggestions...
> 
> - Al
>