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To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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Subject: Re: swap problems 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 08:23:42 -0800
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> Remember also
>that swap is a backup of the physical memory, not an extension (like in
>Linux) of it.

   This isn't true. The total amount of memory in FreeBSD is physical memory
plus swap. It's a good idea to have swap at least as large as physical memory,
however, and usually much larger (2-4 times).

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project