Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:56:50 +0100 (CET) From: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing swap size (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0611211153250.4053@192.168.11.51>
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As an update for RAM problems, it turned out I had to install BX SDRAM memory to get it to work. Interestingly enough, the original memory was not labeled as BX... but then... all that matters is that I have now 512MB RAM which is not too much but all I could afford to get at this point (BX RAM is much more expensive). I am interested whether this added RAM will minimize/exclude swap use. Thanks! Zbyszek ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:39:37 +0100 (CET) From: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> To: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez <mapsware@prodigy.net.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changing swap size Hello, On Sun, 19 Nov 2006, Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez wrote: >>> I think not. ¿Are your computer still swaping? >> >> Yes, it is. I am planning to add more RAM. > > I mean, after you add memory, Are your computer still swaping? I tried adding memory to it but it wouldn't accept it. I tried 512 SDRAM 133Mhz, then 256 SDRAM 133Mhz but in both cases it failed to work with it. It is an older Compaq machine. I had to shut it down yesterday to install the memory and after rebooting I saw that no swap was used. Today I see that a few KB of swap have already been used. Currently thy system has 320 MB RAM. > If you can add enough memory, so you computer don't swap, you are gone to get > best performance. Yep, the problem only is why it wouldn't accept it. I am taking the specification it to the computer shop and will see if they are any wiser. Thanks anyway! -- Zbigniew Szalbot
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