Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 08:09:53 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: makeing world Message-ID: <31DFA911.4617@ime.net> References: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960706232715.13668A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Jul 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > > > Annelise Anderson wrote: > > > > > <chomp> > > > > > > Yes, I think so. The benefit of single user mode is probably also > > > (or primarily) that there's more memory available. I had 16 megs and > > > it failed without the swap partitions mounted. > > > > Welp, It's a 486DX-33 with 8megs and it completed while in > > single user. If `shutdown now` kills the swaps, then It was done > > without swap space. > > > > -Enjoy > > Gary > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Actually I think if you go to single user mode with /sbin/shutdown now, > the swap partitions are probably mounted, whereas they're not if you > start from a reboot with -s. Anyway, glad you got it done! > > Annelise > Me too.. :) Thanks for your input. -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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