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Date:      Sun, 1 Jul 2001 18:42:58 -0700
From:      "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Makeworld on slow machine 
Message-ID:  <3B3F6F32.13871.8EC8B6@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200107020126.LAA01081@lightning.itga.com.au>
References:  Your message of Mon, 02 Jul 2001 10:42:41 %2B1000.

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On 2 Jul 2001, at 11:26, Gregory Bond boldly uttered: 

> > Assuming you aren't using CPU-specific flags in /etc/make.conf to
> > compile for something higher than a Pentium, there will be no problems
> > with userland or kernel modules.
> 
> Actually, /etc/make.conf should be the same on both systems.  If one has
> options (e.g. NOPERL) that the other doesn't, installworld will fail in
> interesting ways.  And make sure the clocks are synced reasonably closely
> (although for a CD-ROM transfer, they probably don't have to be all that
> close!)
> 
> [The above goes for NFS installs as well.]


Hm, wait a sec -- since I'm talking about putting /usr/src and 
/usr/obj on a CD and mounting the CD or copying the files to a 2nd, 
distant machine -- why is it an issue if the "clocks are synced"??


Phil



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Philip J. Koenig                                       pjklist@ekahuna.com
Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium


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