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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!krostrin From: krostrin@cats.ucsc.edu (Ken Ostrin) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: NETBSD and freezing problems Date: 15 Oct 1993 20:18:31 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 20 Message-ID: <29n0in$446@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: as215-ws-14.ucsc.edu I have seen several posts about NetBSD freezing (leaving the HDD light going but not doing anything) I am having the same problem, and I wondered if there has been any real solutions yet? In my case it seems to be related to swap. When I take the "swapon" command out of etc/rc the machine doesn't seem to crash, however, when I put it back in it almost always crashes. I need swap (for obvious reasons) but cannot determine why it is crashing. Are there any special precautions/procedures that are necessary when setting up your swap partition that I may have missed? Should I repartition and re-install? with 4MB of RAM on a 386-40, how big of a swap partition should I set up? I have a 255MB HD. Currently, I have 20MB of swap, 20MB of root, and the rest allocated for usr. Is this reasonable or should I consider a re-install? Please help! ken