Did a custom kernel under RHEL beta on this Thinkpad x61s core duo 2 laptop. Took 3 hours and used 16Gb of hard drive space. Compiling R takes about 20 minutes.

Did a custom kernel under RHEL beta on this Thinkpad x61s core duo 2 laptop. Took 3 hours and used 16Gb of hard drive space. Compiling R takes about 20 minutes. Binaries are quicker.