From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: :Memory Exhausted Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 06:56:42 -0500 Organization: Cornell University (http://www.cornell.edu/) Lines: 39 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified) Message-ID: <3514FC7A.228B9DD1@cornell.edu> References: <3514675C DOT 76A1 AT sympatico DOT ca> <1998032207120400 DOT CAA13846 AT ladder01 DOT news DOT aol DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0925.cit.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk > >Hi all, > > I have 24M of RAM on my 486DX2 66. Not modern any more but it > > still hacks. I am trying to port quite a big library over to djgpp, > > it takes over 1 hour to compile all the sources. I`m running from > > rhide in a dos window under win95. When I link I get the following > > error message from the linker:- > > > >Error filename.o: could not read symbols: Memory exhausted. a couple of points to check: * did you set dpmi memory to 65535 in the properties of the dos box you are running? what information does running go32-v2 with no arguments give you? * you can use stubedit on ld.exe to increase its stack size, but i don't think that is your problem. * this could, of course, have something to with the limitations of the COFF format. i don't remember exactly what the problem is, but IIRC, stripping the object files of debug information prior to linking might help. QBallLives wrote: > Check your CONVENTIONAL MEMORY.... by typing mem at the dos prompt.... > if it's pretty low (under 500) .. try this.... i don't think this is relevant at all. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Sinan Unur Department of Policy Analysis and Management, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/