bootstrap.sh has been compiling for over 2.5 hours (Gentoo)

Zenikase · 09-13-03, 06:56 PM

Sorry if this is too newbish of a question, but this is my first time using a Linux (and Unix) system.

Anyway, I chose to go with tarball stage 1 on my Gentoo 1.4 LiveCD because I thought it'd be nice to customize things a bit. I ended up not even touching my make.conf file and just going ahead with the boostrap. It's been almost 3 hours and the thing is still compiling. Is this normal? I know that it has to compile binutils, gcc, gettext, and glibc altogether, but man it sure is taking a while.

blueworm · 09-14-03, 02:50 PM

Yes this is normal depends on cpu.
It took me 72 hours to install on a amd K6 450 mhz laptop.
As a reference If I remeber correctly bootstrap took about 4 hours on a k7 2400xp.

Moled · 09-15-03, 03:55 PM

it took 1 hour on my 3ghz p4

09-13-03, 06:56 PM	#1
Zenikase Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 99	bootstrap.sh has been compiling for over 2.5 hours (Gentoo) Sorry if this is too newbish of a question, but this is my first time using a Linux (and Unix) system. Anyway, I chose to go with tarball stage 1 on my Gentoo 1.4 LiveCD because I thought it'd be nice to customize things a bit. I ended up not even touching my make.conf file and just going ahead with the boostrap. It's been almost 3 hours and the thing is still compiling. Is this normal? I know that it has to compile binutils, gcc, gettext, and glibc altogether, but man it sure is taking a while.

09-14-03, 02:50 PM	#2
blueworm [DEADAGAIN]blueworm Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 416	Yes this is normal depends on cpu. It took me 72 hours to install on a amd K6 450 mhz laptop. As a reference If I remeber correctly bootstrap took about 4 hours on a k7 2400xp.

09-15-03, 03:55 PM	#3
Moled cheese Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 137	it took 1 hour on my 3ghz p4