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From: shawn@eddie.mit.edu (Shawn F. Mckay)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: 386Bsd 0.1 / swap space
Date: 31 Aug 1993 16:30:09 -0400
Organization: MIT EECS ECF
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Message-ID: <260cch$9si@eddie.mit.edu>
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When you install 386bsd it asks if you wish to use the
whole disk for it, and when you answer yes it goes off
and builds you a file system...

When it does this, how much does it hold back for swap?
And is there any way to get a summary? (Like with pstat?)

Also, when it does run out of swap, does it hang? I'm
having a problem like this when my procs get into the
3.5-3.8meg (of 4) usage zone and I ignore it long enough
to let it grow to 4+ meg. It hangs.

In the old days, Unix would panic, then bsd would kill
only the unlucky process.. What does 386bsd do?

			Thanks,
			 - Shawn