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Hilco Wijbenga wrote: |
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> I have a very small virtual server (just 64MB RAM, no swap) where I'm |
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> trying to install Gentoo. It fails to emerge binutils due to out of |
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> memory. According to the handbook I need 64MB RAM and 256MB swap as a |
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> bare minimum so this result is not entirely unexpected. |
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> Given that I can't add a swapfile (simply not possible in this virtual |
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> server) is the only option more RAM? If yes, then what is the minimum? |
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> Are there ways to reduce the amount of memory used by emerge? |
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64MB is not enough, not by any stretch of the imagination. Not for |
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running the system, but for emerge. 512MB should be there for building |
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with -O2. At *least* 384MB. You'll have a hard time compiling the |
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compiler itself though; RAM usage with -O2 goes up to 700MB. |
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With that being said, you can minimize RAM usage by using -O1, or even |
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-O0 to switch off the optimizer completely. The runtime speed of the |
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built programs won't be to your liking though. |
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The only real option is to get more RAM. |
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