From: David Rees <dbr@greenhydrant.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4.5 VM
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 01:43:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010601014343.B18178@greenhydrant.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E155bG5-0008AX-00@the-village.bc.nu> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10106011028150.6653-100000@webman.medikredit.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10106011028150.6653-100000@webman.medikredit.co.za>; from kowalski@datrix.co.za on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:29:39AM +0200
I don't know myself, (it sounds like other bigmem problems), but setting up a
2GB swap file is easy enough to test. :-)
-Dave
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:29:39AM +0200, Marcin Kowalski wrote:
>
> I found this post of interest. I have 1.1 Gig of RAM but only 800mb of
> Swap as I expect NOT to use that much memory... Could this be the cause of
> the machines VERY erratic behaviour??? Kernel Panics, HUGE INOde and
> Dcache.... ??
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2001 alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk wrote:
>
> > > My system has 128 Meg of Swap and RAM.
> >
> > Linus 2.4.0 notes are quite clear that you need at least twice RAM of swap
> > with 2.4.
> >
> > Marcelo is working to change that but right now you are running something
> > explicitly explained as not going to work as you want
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-01 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-31 22:46 2.4.5 VM Trever L. Adams
2001-05-31 22:49 ` Alan Cox
2001-05-31 22:56 ` Trever L. Adams
2001-05-31 22:57 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-01 4:27 ` Billy Harvey
2001-06-01 8:29 ` Marcin Kowalski
2001-06-01 8:43 ` David Rees [this message]
2001-06-01 15:48 ` Russell Leighton
2001-05-31 22:59 ` Christopher Zimmerman
2001-05-31 23:40 ` Trever L. Adams
2001-05-31 23:56 ` Christopher Zimmerman
2001-05-31 23:58 ` Christopher Zimmerman
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.10.10106011028150.6653-100000@webman.medikredit.co.>
2001-06-01 9:27 ` Marcin Kowalski
2001-06-01 14:42 ` Marcelo Tosatti
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-01 17:15 Miquel Colom Piza
2001-06-01 17:53 ` Ken Brownfield
2001-06-05 11:18 Martin.Knoblauch
2001-06-05 17:20 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-06 7:06 ` Martin.Knoblauch
2001-06-06 7:42 ` Christian Bornträger
2001-06-06 7:51 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-06 7:45 ` Jonathan Morton
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