Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 15:07:57 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: 2.1.6 mandates a swap, I suggest it shouldn't Message-ID: <199612201407.PAA00882@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 19 Dec 1996 20:53:20 %2B0100." <199612191953.UAA00510@uriah.heep.sax.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, Reference: > From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> > Reply-to: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) > Subject: Re: 2.1.6 mandates a swap, I suggest it shouldn't > Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 20:53:20 +0100 (MET) > Message-id: <199612191953.UAA00510@uriah.heep.sax.de> > > As Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Reason I suggest we not mandate a swap: space. > > I was installing a small disc without space for swap, > > as I needed a little system up, for diagnosing other problems. > > Why didn't you simply put 100 KB or so swap only there? Tried, but failed, can't remember why, think it was too small for install's taste, or hit end of disk. > I don't think > that running FreeBSD without swap makes any sense at all Agreed for normal use , but it beats a Fixit Flop by 80M:1.4M :-) > (i'm fairly > confident that you'll experience randomly killed processes), but if > you really think you should do this, then simply assign as few swap as > you want. I did :-) I built an 80M disc with A partition = entire disc, & no FDISK stuff & no swap. Boots fine on my old box :-) ... But , fails to boot on the new box, meaning I have some hardware prob. to solve there :-( > Of course, it would be better to devote the 80 MB disk entirely as > swap space, and use another disk for the system. :) (My usual systems > have between 100 and 200 MB swap for 32 MB RAM.) Sure, in fact its a slow 80M drive so I won't even swap on it, it'll stay as a rescue Fixit Winch. I have a full Gig IDE drive waiting for the new box, but the problem is I can't boot off either SCSI or IDE on that box ... Dunno .. I'm thinking about it ... & there's another mail thread on it. Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199612201407.PAA00882>