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From: michaels@peganet.net (Chris Michaels)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: BSDI/OS 2.0 "Can't resize free storage" error
Date: 7 Mar 1997 16:54:46 GMT
Organization: Pegasus Software & Imaging
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We get this error message occasionally (usually in mail transfers) and I 
am not sure how to correct it.

The server is a 200 MHz pentium with 128K ram and a 4 GIG hard drive. 
The Swap file system is set for 422 Megs. We are running BSDI/OS 2.0 and
sendmail 8.8.4, with IMAP 4.1 as the ipop3d. This problem has occured on 
other machines with similar configuration. Interestingly enough, when 
the error occurs, a check of pstat indicates the a the swap file is not 
even being used, and a top indicated in excess of 50 Megs of available 
ram!

Any help would be appreicated.

Thanks!
Chris Michaels