Fulltext index is not being built with large database

[sascha mantscheff]

I'm trying to build a fulltext index on a table with about 4 million 
entries with 2 varchar and one text field.
The indexing starts and runs for about 1/2 to 1 hour, then the process 
stops without any error message. And leaves me with no index. I checked 
for the size in tmp and redirected it to a partition with 50GB space 
(about 15 times as much as the database tables).
Mysql runs on gentoo-linux 2.4 with 800MB RAM with server version 4.0.17.

Any clues, hints or tips?
Thank you.
sascha mantscheff
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