From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 26 07:38:24 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 72324106566B for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:38:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoom.lafn.org (zoom.lafn.org [108.92.93.123]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42A618FC14 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:38:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.1.2] (pool-98-112-217-228.lsanca.fios.verizon.net [98.112.217.228]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoom.lafn.org (8.14.3/8.14.2) with ESMTP id q6Q7cHFk061124; Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:38:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Doug Hardie In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:38:17 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <2E162641-C9BE-4FD8-8055-8A57C5949DF8@lafn.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> To: Ryan Noll X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1278) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97 at zoom.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 07:38:24 -0000 On 25 July 2012, at 23:04, 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 the version of "The Complete FreeBSD" I bought is so out of date I cannot 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"? Its sitting in my bookshelf. Its pretty worn out though.