On Tuesday 16 Mar 2004 15:11, you wrote:
On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 13:48, Richard Lewis wrote:
I've just downloaded the two ISOs for Gentoo 2004.0.
Before I burn them to disc, does anyone know what they contain? Is it source packages or binary packages?
Both I think. You can choose to do install prebuilt packages or to build from sources on the CD or to download latest packages or source from the net.
In that case I'll install the pre-built packages and upgrade as time goes on.
And how long is it likely to take to install (from sources) a standard desktop system (X, KDE, OOo) on a Pentium III (512Mb RAM). Presumably I can do it a bit at a time (e.g. compile X first and then KDE in another session). What worries me slightly is that I'm running a laptop and they don't take kindly to be left switched on for long periods of time.
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated.
Cheers, Richard
Richard, you NEED to read this.... http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml?part=1&chap=0
Thanks, I have looked at the handbook quite carefully, but what it doesn't really specify is approximately how long compiling might take. It only goes as far as saying that it will take a long time but thats quite difficult to interpret (in computing terms and hour is long time to perform a task in my opinion though I know from experience that compiling even quite small programs can take a while).
It sounds like you need to use a "stage 3" install. I used stage 1, and had to leave the box (1Ghz C3) on for a couple of nights to get to the point of having a working Gnome system. But it's been worth it.
Thanks, I'll try stage 3 and install pre-builds.
Cheers for your help,
Richard