Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:48:19 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap problem - more information Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960620184625.27000B-100000@ian.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199606201348.HAA09514@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Nate Williams wrote: > file. The *real* problem is that you don't have enough memory. You I've got 32mb of physical ram - I dunno bout you, but I think that's enough for a machine for one person ? > can't expect a 4MB box to run decently given 64MB of processes, no It isn't a 4mb box. What gave you that idea ? > matter how much swap you give it. You're either going to have to buy > more memory or put up with a slow system which is doing more than it's > capable of. I mean, I've redone it now, and the swapping is slower on the vnconfig "drive" than on the swap partition - I mean, a *lot* slower. > However, on the bright side isn't it great that you *can* run 64MB of > processes on a 4MB system. It may be slow, but it does work. :) I installed FreeBSD on a 386sx-16 with 4 mb of RAM, and it made for a great web-server! However, my machine is a bit more than that, but not performing like it :-( --- Khetan Gajjar Visit at http://www.iafrica.com/~khetan/ UUNet-Internet Africa Operations help@iafrica.com or 0800-030-002
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