Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 20:26:25 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Out of Swap Space hangs system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903232021440.76938-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990323120252.036ec890@mail.computeralt.com>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Scott I. Remick wrote: > Is it normal for running out of swap space to hang the system? Unfortunately, yes. It should not be, especially for a server OS. The only comfort is that Linux already (nearly) hangs if you use a lot of swap space. ;-) To be serious: To my mind this problem should be addressed as soon as possible. I know each FreeBSD developer works for free - but this is a serious problem (maybe it has been fixed in -current?). Regards // // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _______ // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----- // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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