From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 20:30:44 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EF8E106566B for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com [67.222.55.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3810A8FC0C for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:30:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 24645 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jul 2012 20:30:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy7.bluehost.com with SMTP; 26 Jul 2012 20:30:15 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=jXHW5C9gQxyozpR6WK5m3JP/rXz/rEVl67MLIw6dLSk=; b=BokbDUIIML77vB6DX2YfJr4KHCVWu7/juIemPJAy0zDooGajw4JSMfzNS3mZL0g7WDCFLO2IT3SjTRbgASOHnG5l2PDAJMgNXQg+hCmrvcZLqDjLdYc1sgkewKZIBtpm; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=62837 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SuUhL-0001C7-8j for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:30:15 -0600 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:30:15 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120726203015.GA29389@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1343228557.99992.androidMobile@web140705.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20120726005343.5f4f604c.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120726010633.5b206610.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120726004115.GB53190@neutralgood.org> <20120726023336.GA25888@hemlock.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: how to speed up port make?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:30:44 -0000 On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:04:27PM -0700, Ryan Noll wrote: > Hello, > > On Jul 25, 2012 7:34 PM, "Chad Perrin" wrote: > > You kids have got it easy. I used to have to compile by hand with a pair > > of tweezers, bar copper wire, a magnifying glass, and a potato with two > > pieces of metal stuck in it as a power source. > > Ha-ha... Ah those were the days..., but does anyone remember the "old" way > of building the kernel in the 2.2.8 days? I was just getting started doing > the basic system setup/admin things in those days. Back then (1998 or so) I > did not have access to broadband, so I did not even update the sources back > then, but I knew that it was a good idea to remove devices from the GENERIC > kernel that I did not have--thanks to the book by Greg Lehey. (Even though > the version of "The Complete FreeBSD" I bought is so out of date I cannot > bring myself to throw it away--it was my guide back in those days.) > > Does anyone else remember "The Complete FreeBSD"? I have the fourth edition. I imagine that's not as old as yours. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]