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Date:      Mon, 25 Dec 1995 09:17:49 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov (Chris Shenton)
Cc:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 2.1-RELEASE install -- login causes "out of swap"
Message-ID:  <199512250817.JAA04883@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199512250150.BAA27208@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov> from "Chris Shenton" at Dec 24, 95 08:50:41 pm

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As Chris Shenton wrote:
> 
> I just downloaded and installed onto newly mkfs'd disk the 2.1
> RELEASE. Install went as usual -- slow over dialup ppp --  but when I
> try to login to my virgin system, the disk grinds for 30-60 seconds,
> then I get a console message
> 
> 	swap_pager: out of space

Does it complain during startup that it could not add the swap
partition for some reason?

How much swap do you have configured, and how much real mem?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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