From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 26 11:23: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from posgate.acis.com.au (posgate.acis.com.au [203.14.230.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68E3B14F9A for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:22:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (uucp@localhost) by posgate.acis.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2/Debian/GNU) with UUCP id GAA29921; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 06:06:43 +1100 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central.apana.org.au [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA29347; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:58:34 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au) Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:56:37 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: Nesi Unanaowo Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap space problem In-Reply-To: <36D58945.772F5D88@net.com> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Nesi Unanaowo wrote: > (350 MhZ) 128MB ram and 120MB of device swap. There are no jobs Recent comment by someone close to the kernel (possibly dg - search list archives to find out) - you should always have slightly more swap than RAM in order to avoid a race condition in the VM system. > How do i add more swap space to my system? Although, i would think that > there was no need for this at this time. I did try to use "mkfile" but > it does not seem to be supported. Or do i have configuration problem? While you can use a file for additional swap, I gather performance is unattractive. Another poster has spelt out the options more completely. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message