Am 06.02.2012 22:33, schrieb Grant: > I'm trying to compile GCC on a remote system with 192MB RAM. It's > completed successfully before but now it uses up all RAM. The compile > doesn't stop but it must be thrashing. I have MAKEOPTS="-j1" in > /etc/make.conf. Am I jeopardizing my HD by letting it swap on the > compile right now? I've ordered an upgrade to the max of 512MB. I've > stopped all processes using up memory that I don't need including X. > Is there anything else I can do to get through the compile with 192MB > RAM? > > - Grant >
I noticed a sudden spike in gcc's memory consumption here. I had enough memory to keep up with it but it still filled ca. 6GB of RAM for a single .c file. Then it went back down. If you experience the same, I guess adding swap is reasonable as you won't need it for the whole time. P.S: Did you consider using a bin-pkg from a different system? You could also export your root-fs via NFS and compile in a chroot from a different system. Regards, Florian Philipp
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