Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:56:37 +1100 (EDT) From: Andrew MacIntyre <andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au> To: Nesi Unanaowo <nesi_unanaowo@net.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap space problem Message-ID: <Pine.OS2.3.95.990226214934.190C-100000@CENTRAL> In-Reply-To: <36D58945.772F5D88@net.com>
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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.
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