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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 18:49:39 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Win 95 + AMD K6-2 - problems with installing cygwin
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In-Reply-To: <014d01c09ebc$8fcf9480$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:50:24AM +1100

On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 10:50:24AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>Wasn't the 1.1.8-1 download problematic?

Huh!  Yes it was.  I missed that this was 1.1.8-1.  The solution below
will still work but it will be worthwhile to upgrade to 1.1.8-2.

Thanks for catching this.

cgf

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
>To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:43 AM
>Subject: Re: Win 95 + AMD K6-2 - problems with installing cygwin
>
>
>> On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:18:24PM +0100, Svatava Neugebauerova wrote:
>> >I tried to install cygwin on my PC. Instalation seems to be O.K. But
>> >when running gcc in bash
>> >"unable to allocate heap" error occurs. I have Windows 95, AMD K6-2
>(300
>> >MHz), 32 MB of memory.
>> >I installed cygwin from local directory with Setup.exe v. 2.29.
>>
>> It looks like you don't have enough swap space or main memory
>available
>> for Cygwin's heap.
>>
>> The most recent discussion of this in the mailing list is here:
>>
>> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-02/msg00083.html
>>
>> In your case you want to set the size *down*, though, instead of up.
>> You can start with 128 and work your way down to something that either
>> works or gives you a different message.
>>
>> If setting this doesn't work then the only alternative is to get more
>> memory or increase the size of your swap area on your hard disk.  The
>> setting for this is somewhere under Control
>Panel->System->Performance,
>> I believe.
>>
>> cgf
>>
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