A couple weeks ago, I reported that emerge gentoo-sources was failing.
It magically worked once, so I quit yapping.
This was in the context of a fresh install, from the Gentoo CD boot.
The fix seems to be enabling a swap device, which I don't think is in
the instructions.
It was a fluke that I came to this conclusion, but it works.
I switched to a second PWS500 (almost identical) to eliminate crazy
hardware as a possibility.
I didn't think portage/emerge was such a hog that 256MB RAM was too
little. BTW, my first machine had 384MB.
I'm not going to formally report this as a bug, but I think something is
wrong. Maybe it only affects weakling Alphas like mine?
I don't follow the alternative architectures forum. Maybe if someone
shows up there with this problem, you can suggest swapon.
Adios, DW
It magically worked once, so I quit yapping.
This was in the context of a fresh install, from the Gentoo CD boot.
The fix seems to be enabling a swap device, which I don't think is in
the instructions.
It was a fluke that I came to this conclusion, but it works.
I switched to a second PWS500 (almost identical) to eliminate crazy
hardware as a possibility.
I didn't think portage/emerge was such a hog that 256MB RAM was too
little. BTW, my first machine had 384MB.
I'm not going to formally report this as a bug, but I think something is
wrong. Maybe it only affects weakling Alphas like mine?
I don't follow the alternative architectures forum. Maybe if someone
shows up there with this problem, you can suggest swapon.
Adios, DW