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2 total messages Started by Jeff Putnam Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:05

#116

Author: Jeff Putnam
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 14:05

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When my disk suddenly started showing that almost no space
was left, I checked /private/vm and found the following:

---
total 72120
-rw------t  1 root     29188096 Nov  3 07:00 swapfile
-rw------t  1 root     44638208 Nov  3 07:00 swapfile.front
---

Ok, what is the difference between swapfile and swapfile.front
and why do I have both of them?   And why do I now need
70Mb of swap space?   I cant find mention of swapfile.front in 
/etc/swaptab, or in the librarian.  I didnt make swapfile.front
(I dont think).  

--
jefu <=> Jeff Putnam - New Mexico Tech <=> jefu@nmt.edu 
"Overturn the dominant paradigm"

Re: swap

#117

Author: Jeff Putnam
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 15:01

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In article <1992Nov3.140537.4410@nmt.edu>  I wrote (about 20 minutes
ago) :

>...  And why do I now need
> 70Mb of swap space?   I cant find mention of swapfile.front in 
> /etc/swaptab, or in the librarian.  I didnt make swapfile.front
> (I dont think).  

Well, running a small problem in Mathematica (cellular automaton
thing for a small number of cells), my swapfile(s) just ate up
the last few megabytes of disk (about 15) and I had to
halt the machine and reboot.  Why on earth would MMA need 
enough swap space to get to 85Mb on a CA program?  Doesnt
any of the swap space get reused?

--
jefu <=> Jeff Putnam - New Mexico Tech <=> jefu@nmt.edu 
"Overturn the dominant paradigm"

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