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Re: Can't create swap fil

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From: The Myth
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:43
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In article <Brwrq5.FKr@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> vscarafi@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (Vincent F. Scarafino) writes:
>
>This doesn't add up.  The E: drive is not "STACKER'd" and it's empty.
>So there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to put a permanent swap
>file on drvie E:.  Windows requires the space for the permanent swap
>file to be contiguous.  I would expect E: to be that way, since it's 
>empty, but one could do a "format E:" on it to make sure.
>
>Vince

Also, three things that must be remembered about windows 3.1. 
1)  max virtual memory size = 4* amount of RAM installed.
    1.e.  2 MB machine can only use 8 MB of virtual memory
2) total of RAM and virtual memory < or = 16 MB.  So, 4 MB of RAM
   would mean that the machine can only have 12 MB of virtual memory.
   Any RAM above 16 MB (real, not virtual) needs to be used as disk cache
  and/or RAM disk.  
3) Virtual memory will only take up 1/2 of the availible disk space.  a
   20 MB partition will only support a 10 MB virtual memory area.

How much RAM did the original pc have?
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