Maybe you're running out of swap space?

I do compiles from an NFS-mounted source tree all the time with no
problems.  Of course, I have 80MB RAM and 200+ MB swap space on my 
IIci.

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:

> I'm a bag full of questions I guess. :-)
> 
> I have an LC III, 12mb. I try to compile a kernel, I have the current
> sources that are at ftp.netbsd.org. Since my LC III has insufficient
> diskspace for the sources, they are accessed over NFS to my other BSD
> machine (i386). Unfortunately, on multiple occasions, the compile stops. I
> let it go for a few hours, and there is no progress. LAN activity between
> the 2 BSD machines has stopped. The machine hasn't quite halted, but a
> Ctrl-C won't drop be back into a usable shell.
> 
> The last system partial-freeze happened on part of the CDROM parts of the
> kernel.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> -Sean-Paul Rees
> 
> 

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