With a swap file yes you can (32Mb of RAM isn't enough), it'll take
forever and you'll wish you were compiling on a 486 but it will work.
Jason
Ed K wrote:
> I've done all my compilation for my programs running on the TS-7200 by
> booting from the Debian CF card that I got from T.S. and using the gcc
> compiler they included there. The gdb debugger is on there too. I
> use an old DOS box as a terminal (running Commo), my favorite old DOS
> editor (AEDIT) and just ZMODEM the files over to the CF card. I agree
> with Ilya in that the few seconds I might save by cross-compiling on a
> faster machine isn't worth the trouble but then again, I've never had
> to compile the kernel.
>
> Is it POSSIBLE to compile the kernel using the gcc compiler that TS
> supplies on the CF card? (assuming you have space to untar the
> kernel modules on the CF card.. I made a 512MB CF card so I have lots
> of space).
>
> Ed
>
> --- In Ilya Goldberg <> wrote:
>
>> I haven't tried compiling kernel modules yet, maybe that's where it
>> starts to pay off.
>>
>> So what's the big advantage of cross-compiling? Anyone?
>> -I
>>
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