Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:23:10 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> Cc: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Out of Swap Space hangs system Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903232222480.6819-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990323175122.0370cf00@mail.computeralt.com>
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On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Scott I. Remick wrote: > At 04:18 PM 3/23/1999 , you wrote: > >It's not a serious problem -- a properly setup Unix > >system will never crash from lack of swap. > > Well, ok... so what are the proper setup steps to ensure a system will not > crash when the swap fills? My system in question has a 50MB swap partition > and 16MB of physical RAM. I've tried to take further steps to prevent my > swap from filling in the first place, but should it still happen sometime, > I want to be prepared. 16MB ram is slim - 32 is better - 128MB swapp or higher depending on what you want to load it with. > > ----------------------- > Scott I. Remick scott@computeralt.com > Network and Information (802)388-7545 ext. 236 > Systems Manager FAX:(802)388-3697 > Computer Alternatives, Inc. http://www.computeralt.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Hovey Chief Network Administrator BuffNET More Than Just a Connection! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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