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From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To: "Richard B Mahoney" <rbm49@it.canterbury.ac.nz>,
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Subject: RE: How to increase swap.
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 01:04:00 -0700
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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 ---------------+
>

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