how long wil lthe instllation take?

d4n1el · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 76

Hi!
I will tomorrow help a friend to instll gentoo but he wonder how long it will take..
he's spec is:
1.5Ghz pentium Mobile, 1Gb RAM, Raden 7500 32Mb

donwloadtime excluded

Headrush · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject:

Depends on what stage.
Stage 1 = hours and hours
Stage 3 = minutes (If you know what you're doing :wink:

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d4n1el · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 76

ok.. thats was a good answer to a bad question..
i mean a stage 3

loki99 · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:

if you follow the handbook, a stage 3 install should take you a couple of hours. but this is just for the base system, so you still have to install xorg and any kind of de/wm afterwards. this can take quite long (ie. if you are planning to compile kde!), unless you go for the GRP install. after that you will need to edit some config files and you will need to set up everything to your likings.

it is possible to install gentoo within one or two hours, if you really know what you are doing. but if this is your first gentoo install, you should rather plan a weekend for it. there are lots of docs to read and it just takes some time to learn even the basic ropes of gentoo.

so it rather depends on your experience than your system specs! :lol:

but keep in mind, that if you take your time, you will learn quite a lot, and that will pay off later on. it just doesn't make much sense to rush through the install process - take your time! because if you do it right, you won't have to do it again unless you want to! :wink:

RayDude

d4n1el · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 76

i mean basesystem.. i know becuase of experience that to get a complete system takes a lot of time..
i've installed gentoo 3 times (the first fail) and 1 stage 3 and one stage 2 so i hope it will go quit fast..

and we got IRC if we need some help =)

RayDude · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject:

loki99 · Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject:

Pithlit · l33t Joined: 27 Dec 2003 Posts: 887 Location: fuhen

Stage 3 + X + Firefox (both binaries from the package CD) == ~1.5 hrs on a PII/350

So yeah... stage 3 == minutes. Use the binaries to get up and running fast then recompile everything in the background. You can play around with some settings and stuff while you wait. Recompiling X (for example) should tahe around 3 hrs, same with FireFox (probably even less though).

Have fun.

BTW. I assume you know what you're gonna be doing and what you want on the comp so... you can follow this to make your life easier. :wink:

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