Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:33:51 -0500 From: Joshua Coombs <jcoombs@gwi.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 on old SMP server? Message-ID: <fkjor0$gdb$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <476CFC45.40107@gmx.de> References: <fk927j$3pm$1@ger.gmane.org> <200712201706.lBKH6fwn067680@lurza.secnetix.de> <fke7ua$k5o$1@ger.gmane.org> <476ABD93.3080707@brianwhalen.net> <fkekv1$1r8$1@ger.gmane.org> <476CFC45.40107@gmx.de>
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Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Why don't you just do the buildworld on another machine? As I don't use the machine as a primary workstation at the moment, it doesn't really matter to me if it takes 1 hour or 3 months, I start the buildworld in a screen'd shell and check on it periodically. When it finishes, I set aside 10 to 20 minutes to do an installworld/kernel & mergemaster via serial console, 'just in case.' The closest it gets to annoying is when I start a buildworld based on a new security fix, and 3 days in the fix is revised. : ) And Oliver, you were correct, omitting -pipe didn't allow a buildworld to finish with 448MB ram + swap. Guess I get to repartition after all. My new plan is going to be sourcing a Gigabyte I-RAM, putting 4GB on it, and wiring up an external power supply for it. That plus an SATA to IDE adapter from NewEgg should let me run the I-RAM on my empty ATA controller, giving me 4GB of swap running as fast as the machine can take it. Depending on how it behaves, I may track down a 2MB ISA VGA card again and throw KDE4 on it just to be truly insane. They say it's much better about memory utilization now... :P Joshua Coombs
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