From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 21 10:56:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A69716A49E for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:56:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org) Received: from lists.lc-words.com (lists.lc-words.com [83.19.156.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D0543D49 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:56:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by lists.lc-words.com with esmtp (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GmTJ4-00015M-5H for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:56:50 +0100 Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:56:50 +0100 (CET) From: Zbigniew Szalbot X-X-Sender: zbyszek@192.168.11.51 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: Re: changing swap size (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:56:53 -0000 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 To: Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez 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