From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 20 06:52:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA13515 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:52:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA13510 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 06:52:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id HAA09514; Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:48:34 -0600 Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 07:48:34 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606201348.HAA09514@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Khetan Gajjar Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap problem - more information In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Hi. I set up another swap file and used vconfig to make it a swap > partition, according to the FAQ. > > The problem is that the drive pages so often, that the machine is > unuseable. It is really, really slow. Anyone have any idea why it's so > slow or how to speed it up so that it's as fast as my swap partition ? If you're paging that much, you've got bigger problems than a slow swap file. The *real* problem is that you don't have enough memory. You can't expect a 4MB box to run decently given 64MB of processes, no matter how much swap you give it. You're either going to have to buy more memory or put up with a slow system which is doing more than it's capable of. However, on the bright side isn't it great that you *can* run 64MB of processes on a 4MB system. It may be slow, but it does work. :) Nate