Subject: Re: saw this whilst compiling a -current kernel over nfs
To: Sean Berry (most of the time) <spberry@iastate.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp300
Date: 02/26/1996 17:42:01
On Mon, 26 Feb 1996 18:51:22 CST
Sean Berry (most of the time) <spberry@iastate.edu> wrote:
> That in fact was the problem. (mycroft corrected it in private mail)
> I don't want to imagine what it will take to bootstrap this to current,
> ( a kernel must take at least four hours ). Are there binary distributions
> of -current put up for the hp300 port? Would it be possible to compile up
> the preconfigured kernels for 1.1 and have them either be part of the
> distribution, or easily accessed somewhere? I'd do it, but I have yet to
> find a disk for my machine, and over NFS it compiles sloooowly. :)
Yah, I think it's high-time I did a binary snapshot (there hasn't been
one since 1.1 was released). I will try *very* hard to do one this
week, but looking at my calendar, it looks like I'll be pretty busy.
If someone else wants to volunteer to do one, I would *really* appreciate
the help, and will gladly offer guidance through the process.
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