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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:4698 comp.os.386bsd.development:1150 comp.os.386bsd.misc:790 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!ipc4.lat.oz.au!wongm Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: My 386bsd is dead (again) Message-ID: <CCIut6.I8I@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@ipc4.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1993 13:00:42 GMT Sender: news@latcs1.lat.oz.au (news) References: <CC1Hp3.LM@latcs1.lat.oz.au> <JKH.93Aug27181437@thrush.lotus.com> Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Nntp-Posting-Host: ipc4.lat.oz.au Lines: 38 In article <JKH.93Aug27181437@thrush.lotus.com> jkh@thrush.lotus.com (Jordan K Hubbard - he's back again) writes: >> With 16M RAM , 256K cache, 486DX/33, I find my 386bsd running into death >>again for the 10th time while compiling with g++ (1.39 only)! I must admit >>that I am in multi-user mode in some cases! > >Your experiences are odd, as we do such compiles under FreeBSD all the >time. Admittedly, I have 32 MB of memory, but I know many others with >16MB that do just fine, and with around 30-40MB of swap space, it >should be more than enough for even the most crazed g++ compiles, even >while running multiuser, an X server and several clients!. > >I suggest you check your swap size carefully - I would not be >surprised to learn that you're still running with the pitiful default >chosen by 386BSD 0.1's braindead install program! > >You should also consider upgrading to FreeBSD or NetBSD.. > >> How about BSD/386 (by BSDI), does it have shared lib. ? Thanks in advance! > >No. > > Jordan Ok, I admit that being my stupidity of asking that question and yes you are right that I am still struggling with the 5M swap space! However, that was quite a while before I realized the problem and I had no spare disk to add swap on, and what is worse I have all the thing I need now installed in places. And my disk space is running into the reserved 10% or so, ie when doing a df, I will get negative capacity used! So there isn't much choice for me now except to go for another new HD. So before I plan my next disk, it will be good for me to ask for some suggestions of the recommended swap space! Thanks for bearing with my stupid questions before! It really takes experience to realize that 5M of swap is too small! - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au