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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!plains.NoDak.edu!tinguely From: tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Compiling kernel from scratch takesa long time Message-ID: <BwFLvK.5En@ns1.nodak.edu> Date: 20 Oct 92 17:57:20 GMT Article-I.D.: ns1.BwFLvK.5En References: <1992Oct18.073316.3616@Saigon.COM> <1992Oct20.143450.5967@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> Sender: usenet@ns1.nodak.edu (News login) Organization: North Dakota State University Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: plains.nodak.edu In article <1992Oct20.143450.5967@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> lafollet@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Paul Lafollette) writes: >David.Fox@Saigon.COM wrote: >: Hi bsders, >: >: I got the kernel source code and started to compile the kernel from scratch. >I've been meaning to post about this too. What I find is that when i rebuild >from scratch (i.e. after deleting all objs) the compiler eventually hits >what seems to be an infinite loop. If this is not a FAQ, maybe it should. There is a known virtual memory problem. To fix the problem some say add more swap, some say change the vforks in make(1) to fork, others are pondering on fixing the error (which is not trival).