Linux-Hams archive - October 1997: Re: Wine compile?
Re: Wine compile?
Richard Mulvey (gsg.owpjpky@mail.dy.fi)
Thu, 2 Oct 1997 09:25:20 -0400 (EDT)
> Hi Mark, I always get that when I try to compile something large
> from a xterm window in Xwindows. If your compiling this way drop out of
> Xwindows long enough to get the compile done.
>
> Also, if you have 20 meg of ram you better have a 40 meg swap
> file. If your swap file is less than 20 meg worry about that. Changing a
> swap file is a pain of major proportions!
>
Changing a swap file is trivial, Karl. I suspect that what you really
mean is that setting up a new swap *partition* can be troublesome,
at least if you've allocated all of the space on your drive.
Swap partitions are preferable to swap files because of performance
reasons. However, in a pinch, a swap file may mean the difference
between being able to do something, and not being able to do it. :-)
- Rich