Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:23:25 -0800 From: "Paul M . Lambert" <plambert@plambert.net> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: Alexander Frolkin <alexander@frolkin.demon.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make world under Linux ? Message-ID: <20000126152325.B42148@pinky.plambert.net> In-Reply-To: <20000126141019.G26520@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000126190620.A14811@gamma> <20000126141019.G26520@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Alexander Frolkin <alexander@frolkin.demon.co.uk> [000126 13:29] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there a way to 'make buildworld' on a Linux system? The reason I want to > > do this is because my Linux machine is a lot faster than the FreeBSD > > machine. Last time I made world, I had to use NFS, due to lack of disk > > space, and it took three (!) days (using make -j3, which was probably a bad > > idea). It this possible, and is there any info somewhere about how to do > > this? > > Doing that would probably be pretty complex, I've never seen anyone > claim success doing this on the mailing lists. You may be able > to create a diskless configuration, boot the Linux box with a FreeBSD > kernel, NFS mount the slower box and try building via NFS. > > good luck, > -Alfred > Perhaps a basic install of FreeBSD under VMware might do it? --plambert -- I hate bombs, terrorism, fear, plans, future and past injustices, manifestos, popular sentiment, ignition, timetables, meetings, and poorly adjusted weasels. A warm hello to my friends and fans in domestic surveillance! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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