On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:08:41 -0700 Jim Gifford <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hugo Villeneuve wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been trying to compile gcc-4.3.0 in chapter 5 (x86_64 first > > pass) without success. The problem is that it eats up all my memory > > doing this, causing the host machine to freeze and crash. My host > > has 1GB of RAM and 5G of swap. > > > > I have tried to pass the option "--with-low-memory", but this > > doesn't seem to make much difference. > > > > Anybody have experienced the same behavior? > > > > Thank-you, Hugo Villeneuve > > > You have to much swap. Your swap should never exceed your memory. The > rule of thumb, is 2x the amount of RAM, but my philosphy is 1 to 1 > ration. Before this gcc bug I had only 1G of space. 5G is only to try to pass this gcc error. _______________________________________________ Clfs-support mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cross-lfs.org/listinfo.cgi/clfs-support-cross-lfs.org
