Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 13:44:07 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: keith@smmc.qld.edu.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getswapspacefailed <-- OUCH ! Help? Message-ID: <3ED646E7.1070904@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <1123.203.221.19.11.1054208682.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> References: <1123.203.221.19.11.1054208682.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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keith@smmc.qld.edu.au wrote: > Hi all, I have a mail server which I setup (4.7) late last year. > iT often starts to crap out with getswapspace failed errors. > a) How can I check how much swapspace I had allocated. top will do, or swapinfo. > b) How can I check if the drive has a bad block on the swap slice dd if=_swap_device of=/dev/null bs=5120 > c) How can I fix the problem You need to identify what the problem is, first. Then resolve it. :-) How much RAM and swap space does the machine have? Are you simply putting enough load on it to exceed the available resources? -Chuck
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