Distcc was always my friend.
http://distcc.samba.org/
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml

On 4/18/06, Isaac Atilano <aristophrenic at warpmail.net> wrote:
>
> I managed to install Gentoo on a system with a 486sx processor and 32M
> RAM and 1.4G harddrive.
> What you can do is plug the harddrive into a newer system and do the
> install so that the installation goes quickly. You can then plug the
> harddrive into the old system.
> I tried using the new install program that is on the 2006.0 release but
> I had no luck with it on my systems. I recommend using the 2005.1
> release and downloading the latest stages and portage snapshots instead
> of copying them from the cd.
>
>
>
> ----- Original message -----
> From: dalan at visi.com
> To: "tclug-list at mn-linux.org" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:29:12 -0500
> Subject: [tclug-list] Gentoo system requirements
>
>
> Does anyone know where I can find system requirements for Gentoo Linux
> distribution?
>
> I'd like to install it on a very old system I have. I am already aware
> that it
> may take several days for it to compile on the system but other than the
> compile time is there any limitation on as to a minimum system it can
> run on?
>
> Thanks
> Don S.
>
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