From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 21 07:55:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B79A216A4CF for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:55:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from chaucer.statcan.ca (CPE0050fc727b74-CM014270107825.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [24.43.93.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC59643D1F for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:54:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@chaucer.statcan.ca) Received: from chaucer.statcan.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chaucer.statcan.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1LFrc0S043128; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:54:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@chaucer.statcan.ca) Received: (from mike@localhost) by chaucer.statcan.ca (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id i1LFrbQp043127; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:53:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:53:37 -0500 From: Mike Jeays To: DerAlSem Message-Id: <20040221105337.0ac5eddd.mj001@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <1029890250.20040221164709@inbox.ru> References: <1893808594.20040221115305@inbox.ru> <000e01c3f863$dae07620$f4f0a8c0@pcmedx.com> <1029890250.20040221164709@inbox.ru> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: Building kernel. X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:55:08 -0000 On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 16:47:09 +0300 DerAlSem 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@inbox.ru > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" 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. -- Personal : Mike.Jeays -at- rogers.com Phone : 613-724-4510 Work : Mike.Jeays -at- statcan.ca Phone : 613-951-9929 FAX 613-951-0395 Web page : http://members.rogers.com/mike.jeays