Re: running out of memory

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.ml.org)
Tue, 8 Jul 1997 18:22:28 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 8 Jul 1997, Marty Leisner wrote:

[..snip..]
> I now have more memory than physical memory + swap in other systems.
>
> Doing the same types of things I don't see a reason for swap.
[..snip..]
>
> But I'm pointing to a much more serious problem...the hangups without
> swap...
> This was not a question "how much swap do I need", this is reporting a problem
> in both 2.0.30 and 2.1.43.
>

Just to make you feel wonderful: I did NOT expirence the same problems
with 2.1.36 or 2.1.40 in a P6 with 256M of ram last weekend.. And I ran it
preety hard.. So I doubt there was a problem there..