[wplug] gentoo install on old hardware

[techmike]

The install is still running?

The longest install I've seen is close to 14 hours to install redhat 8 on
a 486..

-Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Hutty <duncanhutty at attbi.com>
To: wplug at wplug.org
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:19:49 -0400
Subject: [wplug] gentoo install on old hardware

> I thought that this old Pentium75 PC I have laying around should be
> just about enough for a firewall or a router, it has 128MB RAM after
> all.
> 
> So I began a gentoo install. No big deal, I have done several. I
> thought it would be best to compile from stage1 since I wasn't in a
> hurry to have it available and I figured it needed every possible
> advantage I could give it. Nothing special except I cut out a bunch of
> things. I set the USE flags to eliminate java, and anything for a
> desktop (X, sound, etc.)
> 
> Well that was over 3 weeks ago and as far as I can see it still seems
> to be chugging along. Has anyone else seen this?
> 
> -- 
> Duncan Hutty
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