Date:	Tue, 15 Jul 1997 07:44:43 +0800 (GMT)
From:	Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To:	Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc:	hhelf AT cs DOT brandeis DOT edu, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: gpc+rhide freezes
In-Reply-To:	<199707142052.NAA12979@adit.ap.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SGI.3.93.970715074159.1152B-100000@gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> You wrote:
> >Hi. I have just installed gpc and rhide in my 386SX (4Mb RAM,
> >of which 1Mb is used as a virtual disk for tmp files).
> >gpc runs just fine, but rhide freezes when I try to compile the
> >"Hello, World!" example file. What's happening? What can I do?
> 
> Are you *sure* that it freezes? Is it using the disk? On a slow machine with
> low memory, compiles may well take a very long time.
> 
> Does anyone out there have a similar system? Perhaps you can give us
> something to compare with.

I used to run DJGPP 1.12m4 (an older version which AFAIK has a larger
memory footprint than 2.0x) on a 386SX40 with 2MB of RAM, that's worse
than the previous poster describes.

But: I read the FAQ (it has some useful tips, one of which is to get rid
of your 1MB RAM drive, that memory is better used elsewhere). And I didn't
use RHIDE (none at that time), I used the command line. I could compile
GNU awk in about 1.5 hours on that machine.. and hello, world in two
minutes.  :(

Best option really is to get a faster board with more memory.

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