tgingric@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich) (02/12/91)
I would like to expand the memory on my slab to 20Mb. I realize that 2times
your main memory is a good 'rule-of-thumb' for swap space, but I don't have
the free disk space for this.
Q1) Does SR2.0 automatically grab 2xMainMemory for swap when the system
boots??
Q2) If not, how do you control the standard swap space amount.
Q3) Would it be 'BAD' to have 20Mb of MainMemory and a 20Mb swap space??
Q4) How do you force the system to give up swap space? (mine came with
16Mb swap & now my swap is at 20Mb) -- I thought the swap would be
minimized when you powered-off/powered-on, but it doesn't seem to work
this way.
Tyler
Joe.Keenan@p1.f401.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Keenan) (02/13/91)
On Feb 12, at 15:51, Tyler S Gingrich (1:109/40) wrote:
TSG> I would like to expand the memory on my slab to 20Mb. I realize that
TSG> 2times your main memory is a good 'rule-of-thumb' for swap space, but I
TSG> don't have the free disk space for this.
TSG> Q1) Does SR2.0 automatically grab 2xMainMemory for swap when the system
TSG> boots??
No.
TSG> Q2) If not, how do you control the standard swap space amount.
It's in the /etc/rc script, where it does the mach_swapon command.
TSG> Q3) Would it be 'BAD' to have 20Mb of MainMemory and a 20Mb swap
TSG>space??
No - the swap space will grow as needed.
TSG> Q4) How do you force the system to give up swap space? (mine came with
TSG> 16Mb swap & now my swap is at 20Mb) -- I thought the swap would be
TSG> minimized when you powered-off/powered-on, but it doesn't seem to
TSG> work this way.
See answer to Q2. At startup, the system deletes the old swap file and
creates a new one. Check the script itself.
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