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From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: patch 0.2.3 BUGS ?
Date: 3 May 1993 08:53:05 -0500
Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX
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In article <C6G4H3.21o@zap.uniforum.qc.ca> fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca (Denis Fortin) writes:
>
>Going from pk 0.2.2 to pk 0.2.3, I again encountered the hangups while
>groffing, *but* my machine (which now contains 8MB) was also running
>C-news at the time, so maybe it got hung only when cron started up some
>demon (like expire or something), I haven't verified this.
>
>A possible explanation  is the fact that I haven't increased swap space
>above 5MB!  (I should read the FAQ, I guess)
>

It isn't in there, I don't think.  This is one of the great unanswered
questions.

I am, therefore, soliciting answers to the following question.

?	I have just finished installing 0.1.  I looked and found that the swap
	space does not begin and end on a cylinder boundary, and is only 5Meg.
	How do I fix this without screwing up the installation I just finished?


Send your suggestions to me at burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil please.

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TSgt Dave Burgess
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Brooks AFB, TX