Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 23 Jun 1996 16:15:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | Joel Young <> | Subject | Re: Virtual memory exhausted? |
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I tried this the other day (I have 96Mb) and also ran out of virtual memory (96Mb + 36Mb swap). Maybe we need newer versions of make? I can put a number in like make -j 10 and that works fine.
Joel jdyoung@erinet.com
On 11 Jun 1996, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> > When I try to compile the kernel with "make -j zImage" it just stops with an > "Virtual memory exhausted" at ~60 % done, I thought that was due to all the > swapping so I upgraded to 64MB (had 32MB before) and I still can't do it. > > It doesn't access the disc much so the swap couldn't be =that= exhausted. Any > clues to get this to work? > > How much memory are you running on, when compiling (successfully) with -j? > > Running linux2, 64MB, P133, AHA2940, /usr/src is IBM 1GB. I still only have > 256kb of cache (I'm shopping for more) so it isn't much faster than with 32MB > but I think that wouldn't affect the virtual-memory-thing. > > Nice to see the 2.0-release, btw. I'm having a linux2.0 release-party this > weekend, so if anyone happens to be in Stockholm; you're welcome. :) > > // JaS > >
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