Re: -j zImage

Matthias Bilger (billman@deepthought.wh.uni-stuttgart.de)
Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:07:53 +0200


> processes exited because of unsufficient memory, but my machine didn't crash.
> With 2.1.125, it always crashed after about 2 or 3 minutes. Crashing means
> here: the only thing I could do is switch between virtual consoles and press
> alt+sysrq+key. Alt+sysrq+s and u writes "syncing" and "remounting" to the
> console but actually the syncing or remounting is not done. And usually after
> pressing these combinations, I've found that the alt key was stuck in. The
> only way to "release" the alt key is to switch to another console and then
> switch back.
>
I got the same trouble on a friend's SMP Box 2 200MMX 128 MB RAM and
128 MB SWAP - vfork fails after 2 or three minutes, too - with -j20 it
still works

Matthias

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