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From: netcom@ix.netcom.com (Netcom user)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2 GAMMA 2/5 results in SWAP FULL?
Date: 12 Feb 1997 05:05:16 GMT
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> I'm not surprised that your swap space becomes full with a ratio of
> 32M real to 20M swap (especially if you are running X11).  Without
> starting a religion war, I recommend a minimum of 2 times real
> memory for swap space.
Obviously I'm going to have to get top working as I refuse to accept that
without knowing WHERE/HOW my memory is being used.
Regards,
-- 
Tom Evans     tjevans@hotmail.com