From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 28 12:51:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD82106566C for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:51:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mueller23@insightbb.com) Received: from mail.insightbb.com (smtp3.insight.synacor.com [208.47.185.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 153E98FC0C for ; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:51:33 +0000 (UTC) X_CMAE_Category: 0,0 Undefined,Undefined X-CNFS-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=JCeOB8EhLySnC9f10Hd+oc2oWWwOC2IuLaY7kf8es5k= c=1 sm=0 a=Fm2qaTXrec0A:10 a=jLN7EqiLvroA:10 a=5qHV3qzqZZVqoRun6bMA:9 a=Q/oqmR4JO1zR3vNQamCQeQ==:117 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com header.from=mueller23@insightbb.com; sender-id=softfail Authentication-Results: smtp02.insight.synacor.com smtp.mail=mueller23@insightbb.com; spf=softfail; sender-id=softfail Received-SPF: softfail (smtp02.insight.synacor.com: transitional domain insightbb.com does not designate 74.134.26.53 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.134.26.53] ([74.134.26.53:46442] helo=localhost) by mail.insightbb.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.40 r(29895/29896)) with ESMTP id D9/63-20175-45FE32F4; Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:51:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:51:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Thomas Mueller" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:51:34 -0000 from Kévin Hagner : > > I'm running on a FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE, the file system used is UFS, I've 2Gb RAM and no "native" swap partition. > Oh. You should never configure a Unix system without at least some swap space available, and configuring at least as much swap as you have RAM (plus a little > +bit more) is the minimum recommendation. > Regards, > -Chuck Does that mean the amount of swap space needed increases with amount of RAM? Is that for the purpose of accommodating possible core dump? This is difficult to achieve with a system that has generous RAM, when installing to a USB stick. I suppose one could use swap space on a hard drive in that case. Tom