make distribution: qube hangs

Hi everyone,

last week I got the HDD for the qube2, so I downloaded the
last Restore 
CD from July 2006 (of course, current). The first thing I
"tried" to do 
was updating the the OS to the newest current version. So I
got the tar 
balls, unpacked them to /usr/src and build the toolchain.
Next thing I tried to do was build the distribution and it
took too 
long, therefore, I went to bed on friday. Next morning I
took a look at 
my shell and it hang, I couldn't ping the qube. So I had no
chance, 
except rebooting. I started the build again and went to
work. When I 
came home (around 8 hours later), it was still running, but
an hour 
later it hang again. I have tried to build distribution
three times now, 
and the qube freezes every time after around 6-10 hours.

I really want to get qube to build packages and,
unfortunatley, I don't 
have a serial cable, so it doesn't make sense to cross
compile the new 
current, because I won't be able to install it.

Has somebody build a newer restore CD or has somebody binary
build of a 
newer, more stable, current?

Thank you so far!

Bye,
Dennis

HI Dennis,

I'm using 3.99.17 from the restore CD I too get a hung
machine when
doing long builds. Also when copying a large volume of
files.

I think it may be something to do with 3.99.17 build being a
bit
iffy.

Glyn
--- Dennis <mips128gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> last week I got the HDD for the qube2, so I downloaded
the last
> Restore 
> CD from July 2006 (of course, current). The first thing
I "tried"
> to do 
> was updating the the OS to the newest current version.
So I got the
> tar 
> balls, unpacked them to /usr/src and build the
toolchain.
> Next thing I tried to do was build the distribution and
it took too
> 
> long, therefore, I went to bed on friday. Next morning
I took a
> look at 
> my shell and it hang, I couldn't ping the qube. So I
had no chance,
> 
> except rebooting. I started the build again and went to
work. When
> I 
> came home (around 8 hours later), it was still running,
but an hour
> 
> later it hang again. I have tried to build distribution
three times
> now, 
> and the qube freezes every time after around 6-10
hours.
> 
> I really want to get qube to build packages and,
unfortunatley, I
> don't 
> have a serial cable, so it doesn't make sense to cross
compile the
> new 
> current, because I won't be able to install it.
> 
> Has somebody build a newer restore CD or has somebody
binary build
> of a 
> newer, more stable, current?
> 
> Thank you so far!
> 
> Bye,
> Dennis
> 
> 



Glyn Astill



		
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