more OpenBSD woes: recompiling the kernel

[sstirling at mediaone.net (Scott Stirling)]

I'm not surprised, having read this article a while back:

http://www.ars-technica.com/cpu/3q99/athlon/athlon-7.html

I think I paid at least another $300 for those 10 seconds, but I wanted a
bleeding edge Athlon and TNT video card, not two Celerons.  Now I am
thinking of getting yet another computer, and dual PIIs or Celerons may be
the way I'll go.

But your results are a case in point--a real OS runs well on real hardware,
and runs like a dog on antique hardware.  Linux is no different, except
unlike some OS'es it will actually run on a 386.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Martin" <dmartin at ne.arris-i.com>
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Scott Stirling wrote:
>
> > Hee, hee.  I run Linux on my Athlon 700, 196 MB SDRAM, 13 GB 7200 RPM
IDE
> > drive and it takes me 2min 25sec (tops) to compile the 2.2.13 kernel
with
> > standard config options.  I know people love to extend the lives of boat
> > anchors with Linux, but it's such a sweet OS to have on a kick-ass
computer!
>
> Pissing contest, eh?  I have a dual celeron 400 that compiles the kernel
> in 2 min, 35 seconds, and only cost me $300 for the board and both CPUs.
> How much extra did you pay for those 10 seconds?  EH?
>
> hehehe  :)


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