Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:04:00 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Richard B Mahoney" <rbm49@it.canterbury.ac.nz>, "Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: How to increase swap. Message-ID: <004f01c11805$063dc8a0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20010728190701.A443@it.canterbury.ac.nz>
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Before spending time doing that make sure you need it. Adding more mail memory will decrease, not increase, your swap needs if everything else stays the same. Top and systat -vmstat are your friends. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Richard B >Mahoney >Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:07 AM >To: Subscribers to FreeBSD-Questions >Subject: How to increase swap. > > >Dear Readers, > >I've just cannibalised a couple of elderly 486's for their memory, >and knocked up an early pentium to a whopping 72mg. Trouble is >that it started off life with only 40Mg and 85Mg swap. > >Is there an easy way to increase the swap to say 160Mg? I'm sure >this question has been asked before, but for the life of me I >can't track down a suitable answer. > >Many regards, > > Richard Mahoney > > >-- >+----------------------- Richard Mahoney -----------------------+ >| 78 Jeffreys Rd +64-3-351-5831 | >| Christchurch New Zealand | >+-------------- mailto:rbm49@it.canterbury.ac.nz ---------------+ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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