Partition size and glibc build

[Jeff Bailey <jbailey@nisa.net>]

It seems that a glibc package build is larger than 918 megs. =(  

Is there a firm way to figure out what the maximum size of a partition
can be?  My three swap partitions are right on the end of this
partition, so I should be able to redo it a little bit larger.

cfdisk reports my current partition size as 1019.94 (MB) df reports it
as 980308 1k-blocks.

I finished the build no problem, it's just putting together the
package that's causing me grief.

Basically, I'm trying to find out why I can't build a glibc that I can
boot from.  I figure my three choices are:

a) Bad cross-compiler (I had this alot before I got it right a few
years ago.  Now I'm using the debian packages, and I have no reason to
trust them)

b) Bad toolchain (This seems probable, since Marcus is having the same
problem I have in a known working environment, and Mark does not)

c) Bad glibc

Suggestions appreciated.

Tks,
Jeff Bailey