From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 2 7:42:52 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CECB737B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:42:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B4A843FAF for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 07:42:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1047051768.b638de@mired.org) Received: (qmail 96325 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2003 15:42:48 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 2 Mar 2003 15:42:48 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15970.9846.597936.28948@guru.mired.org> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:42:46 -0600 To: Cc: Subject: RE: kernel compile woes In-Reply-To: <002001c2e09b$261fdbd0$05040101@socrates> References: <200303012332.52699.taxman@acd.net> <002001c2e09b$261fdbd0$05040101@socrates> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.70 (Pensive) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <002001c2e09b$261fdbd0$05040101@socrates>, charles pelletier typed: > speaking of the new compile method, what does that do as far as memory usage > is concerned? i'm using a p166 16MB machine as my NAT/firewall and have had > to add virtual memory space every time i've upgraded using the old method > (i'm at 4.7 current now). am i stuck with having to do this every time even > with the newer current method or should i just increase my memory and be > done with it? The new method just automates all the steps in the old method, using tools in /usr/obj if they exist. It won't take any less memory, and may well take more. So increase your memory. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message