Time estimate for a Gentoo install

LinuXP · 02-23-2004, 11:25 AM

I've had a couple of friends suggest that I switch over to Gentoo. What's kept me from doing it is all the horror stories about Gentoo taking up to a month to compile. So I'd like to get some estimates from Gentoo users on how long it took them to compile it.

Some info on my box:

- Pentium 4
- T3 connection
- Dual boot

Also, if I do decide to switch over, I would be starting from Stage 1, so keep that in mind too.

bnice · 02-23-2004, 11:35 AM

stage 1 will take a loooooooooooong time. to set up, as it downloads, builds, and installs every program / app. Stage 3 is much faster, then emerge / update the stuff that REALLY matters.

with a big pipe and fast machine, figure ~30 hours - give or take - for stage 1 install

lokee · 02-23-2004, 05:55 PM

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Originally posted by LinuXP
I've had a couple of friends suggest that I switch over to Gentoo. What's kept me from doing it is all the horror stories about Gentoo taking up to a month to compile. So I'd like to get some estimates from Gentoo users on how long it took them to compile it.

Some info on my box:

- Pentium 4
- T3 connection
- Dual boot

Also, if I do decide to switch over, I would be starting from Stage 1, so keep that in mind too.

A month of compile? On a calculator I guess...
Your info isn't enough for an estimation, please tell us about your RAM, the frequency of your pentium, your HardDrive RPM...

here's mine:
-Athlon XP 2000 1.67mhz
-512 DDR SDRAM
-7200 RPM(using UDMA), but not to full profit since disk is a slave
-ISDN as connection to web...

It took me something like 12 hours for stage1...
As for stage 2,3, goes like a breeze: less than 1 hour.

LinuXP · 02-23-2004, 08:10 PM

Very bottomest of the line Dell Dimension 2400

Intel Pentium 4 - 2.4 GHz w/533 Mhz FSB
256 MB DDR SDRAM @ 333 MHz
75 GB HD @ 7200 rpm
Connected via LAN to a T3

lokee · 02-24-2004, 06:03 AM

Oh yeah, I mean 12 hours of pure compile(adding with X and Gnome), I didn't count the download time...
Well, counting on your specs, which are not so bad, and that you've enable DMA/UDMA for your HD, then you can *probably* get off with 12 hours...??
*Maybe*

2k. · 02-24-2004, 10:35 AM

woah there,

i have an amd athlon 1700XP, 512 meg of ram and 512kb internet connection and it only took me 8 hours to get the base system running and that was from a stage one. xwindows took a couple of hours then kde took 18 or so, but i was running fluxbox in the mean time.

Crashed_Again · 02-25-2004, 02:21 AM

My 500mhz machines with 128mb of ram took around 15 hours to bootstrap. Its crazy. Then the emerge system took a long time as well. One of the gentoo developers said he installed it on a shuttle pc with an AMD64 and the bootstrap process took 42 minutes. Now thats what I'm talking about!