From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 24 15:21:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA15875 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:21:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-db.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA15870 for ; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:21:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA00654; Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:18:36 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808241518.PAA00654@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Skye Poier cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VM crash? questions In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Aug 1998 10:17:33 MST." <19980824101733.35426@ffwd.bc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 15:18:35 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > No responses - did I subscribe to the right list to get an answer to > this question? would freebsd-users be a better choice? 12 hours is not long enough for a reply to a casual report of this nature. You're reporting an unknown problem with an old version of the system on potentially faulty hardware, and not offering any clue as to what might have happened or any assistance in locating the problem. What reply is there that would be of any use? > Word on the street is that Skye Poier said: > > Hello, > > > > I am running 2.2.6-RELEASE on a 486 with 16mb of memory and a 65mb swap > > partition. > > > > Recently I've been working with some rather large files and the machine > > has had a tendancy to lock up solid. No error on the console, in dmesg, > > nothing. It seems to happen when VM (via swapinfo) reaches 30% usage or > > about 19MB of the 65MB avaiable.... other than this the server has been > > totally bulletproof. > > > > Any clues? I'm getting more memory soon but it probably still won't be > > enough, I want to use all my swap space! > > > > Thanks, > > Skye > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message