[ILUG] PC for Development: What should I be going for.

[Ronan Mullally]

> > 1. Fast disks help when compiling. 7,200 RPM SATA is reasonable, 10,000K are
> > still a bit of a luxury item
>
> Seconded. Try a bit more RAM, set up a ramdisk, and do your compilations in
> there..

'gcc -pipe' anyone?

I remember (back in the day...) swapping to floppy when building the
kernel.


-Ronan