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On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 01:49, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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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 running |
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> the system, but for emerge. 512MB should be there for building with -O2. |
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> At *least* 384MB. You'll have a hard time compiling the compiler itself |
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> though; RAM usage with -O2 goes up to 700MB. |
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I assume you mean RAM + swap? Because I have a virtual machine |
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(VirtualBox) on my home box with 256MB which works perfectly |
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(including compiling GCC multiple times). It does have lots of swap, |
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though. |
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> With that being said, you can minimize RAM usage by using -O1, or even -O0 |
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> to switch off the optimizer completely. The runtime speed of the built |
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> programs won't be to your liking though. |
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I've never tried not using -O2. Is the difference really that noticeable? |
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> The only real option is to get more RAM. |
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That means paying more. :-) I don't want to do that until I'm sure |
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this virtual box satisfies my requirements. |
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