On 13 Jul 2003, Frank Mandato wrote:

>   I just wonder if it is possible for someone with limited knowledge to
> do a gentoo install and compile the whole thing.
>
>   Now, I do have a spare machine, but it only has a 100mh Pentium and 40
> mb ram, so from what I read it would take a few days to get the system
> up and running. I do have the time, though.

Make sure your swap is huge (maybe a few hundred megs). Building gcc and
glibc take a lot of memory and a lot of time. (I'd guess on your system,
it may take around 24 hours just for glibc.)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/