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From: geoffc@zebedee.uucp (Geoffrey Coan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  recompiling 1.5.10.3 (ST) - problem
Message-ID: <4368018@zebedee.uucp>
Date: 25 Feb 91 18:07:14 GMT
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In article <45470@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Michael.Joswig@germany.sun.com
(Michael Joswig (Vertriebsunterstuetzung Hamburg)) writes:
> >>I got a line telling me the sizes of assorted stuff.... then build
> >>said something vaguely like
> >>"Build: ../kernel/kernel.mix too big" and then make died. I've tried
> >>it a couple times with different memory sizes (oops... except
> >>increasing build's memory) and both before and after updating libc.a
> >>to 1.5.10.3. got the same thing every time....
> 
> Well I had the same problem. You don't need to increase the sizes of any program. What you should increase is the amount of free RAM. I made a second "root" Disk, containing only the for rebuilding really needed stuff. With
> this smaller RamDisk I rebooted and made it perfectly.
> (kernel.mix too big means "don't have the needed space to load it").
> 
I have just spent the last couple of days upgrading from vanilla 1.5.10 to
1.5.10.3.  The process went fairly painlessly (appart from having to type
all those "patch <xxxxx.c.cdif" commands) until I got to making the 1.5.10.3
kernel when I got the same error.

I have a 1Mb ST with 2 virtual consoles and NO RAM disk (shows 794Kb free on
startup) so there wasn't anything I could remove.  I tried chmem'ing
tools/build up by 20Kb (went up to 73026) and I was then able to make the
kernel OK and boot up 1.5.10.3 fine.

> Hope (no: Think) this could help you, enjoy 1.5.10#3!!
> 
> Ciao,
>      Michael.

Certainly is nice, especially the virtual consoles.  Unfortunately I keep on
running out of memory now, probabally due to bits of 'cc' being chmem'd too
high - does anyone have any reccommendations as to what they should be set
(eg: /usr/lib/cem, etc).  Also, is there a proper backup program for MINIX;
I don't really like doing 'tar co /usr - | vol 720 /dev/dd0' because if vol
barfs due to a write error the whole backup is useless (and you can't do
incremental backups).

Cheers

Geoffrey
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