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- From: meulenbr@ce.philips.nl (Frans Meulenbroeks)
- Subject: Re: Atari compile problem of MINIX 1.5
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.080737.439@philce.ce.philips.nl>
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- Organization: Philips Consumer Electronics, Eindhoven
- References: <1993Jan20.172124.2606@unix.brighton.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:07:37 GMT
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- wl@unix.brighton.ac.uk (Lam;d410sz90;[03724) writes:
-
- [question of stack sizes and ram disk size for compiling 1.5]
-
- For an out-of-the-box 1.5 system the values in the book should work.
- I tested this in the past on my own 1040.
-
- Reducing the memory of the compiler passes with chmem will not help you,
- because the compiler will run out of memory.
- Its no problem to reduce the size of the ram disk. Especially if you
- have a hard disk with a minix partition, you can trim the ram disk (to
- say 150 or 200 k).
- I don't have the manual handy, but I'm not sure if it tells that you
- should create a 512k ram disk when trying to recompile. I think you can
- recompile using the supplied root fs.
-
- The only reasons I can think of why you run out of memory are:
- - if you booted tos before booting minix, and you have things like a
- reset-proof ram disk. If so, turn of the system, wait half a minute
- and reboot from the minix boot disk
- - if you modified /etc/rc so that there are several other utilities
- started. Try the 1.5 root fs, with the delivered /etc/rc
- - if you are running other software in the background memory
- fragmentation may occur. Run the compile process as a foreground
- process with as little other things running as possible.
-
- Good luck!
- --
- Frans Meulenbroeks Philips Research Laboratories
- preferred email address: meulenbr@prl.philips.nl
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