# Bootstrap failed with exit code 128

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-with-exit-code-128/373873
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**Created:** [July 11, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-with-exit-code-128/373873 "2025-07-11T12:39:12Z")
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### Author: ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bootstrap-failed-with-exit-code-128/373873/14 "2025-07-11T18:25:35Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> WIth 8GB you shouldn’t need swap

Well, I needed. Perhaps a giga would be enough, but I gave 2 GB.

> [@Rebuild fails with exit 1: ERR\_PNPM\_RECURSIVE\_EXEC\_FIRST\_FAIL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-fails-with-exit-1-err-pnpm-recursive-exec-first-fail/351862/11):
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> I had feeling I’ve seen this before. I had 8 GB RAM and swap is 2 GB — how much do I really need nowadays, if that comes from lack of memory?

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