Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 15:23:28 -0400 From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swap Files Message-ID: <19970807152328.65342@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807121946.252k-100000@localhost>; from Doug White on Thu, Aug 07, 1997 at 12:21:11PM -0700 References: <19970805163049.55827@crh.cl.msu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970807121946.252k-100000@localhost>
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On the subject of Re: Swap Files, Doug White stated:
> On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Charles Henrich wrote:
>
> > On the subject of Re: Swap Files, Doug White stated:
> >
> > > Are you trying to make a vnswap space? Didn't you allocate a partition
> > > for swap? You should have during initial system setup.
> >
> > A) Yes, B) No. Does FreeBSD require a swap partition to operate?
>
> No, but if you run out of memory then the system will start randomly killing
> processes. This means keeping things under control in 256mb. This wouldn't
> be good if you get a bout of good Web traffic or similiar.
For B) I meant literally a swap partition, not swap space. I.e. FreeBSD
apparently doesnt handle just having a large swap FILE at all well.
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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