[Eug-lug] Gentoo hardened

[Mr O]

2 hours for memtest isn't entirely overly optimistic. memtest86
is quite thorough and full testing takes time. Normally you'd
know something was really wrong with the RAM after the first 3
tests. As for very looong boot times I'd see how fast Knoppix
would boot with the hard drive disconnected. If it's up in 5 to
10 minutes I'd use the hard drive for a paper weight. 

Also, Gentoo on a 333? Are you nuts? Unless you're doing
straight binaries or using distcc I wouldn't think of it. 


--- larry price <laprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> perhaps we were overly optimistic about the machine, it seems
> to be
> very slow to do
> very simple things (as in taking 15 minutes to boot and two
> hours to
> run memtest)
> 
> Mr O? any suggestions?


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