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From: tm2@nntp.best.com (Toshi Morita)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Virtual memory exhausted
Date: 6 Oct 1996 13:09:44 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@ida.interface-business.de) wrote:
: "Wajdi Feghali" <wfeghali@timestep.com> wrote:

: > When the ld command is invoked I get the error message: virtual memory
: > exhausted

: . do you have enough swap space?
: . is the swap space actually in use (perhaps you need to `swapon' first?)
: . what does your `limits' command (in csh) say about the datasegment
:   size limit?

Maybe you should let your virtual memory rest every once in a while before
it's completely exhausted. :)

: -- 
: J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j

Toshi