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Article #296Re: 2.9 swap problems
From: Greg Wohletz
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1986 16:38
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1986 16:38
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In article <2529@reed.UUCP> keith@reed.UUCP (Keith Packard) writes:
>I'm trying to bring up the new 2.9 unix (ala Bostic) and was trying to test
>the swapper for a new disk handler by launching a slew of beefy processes to
>force swaps. The program:
>
>char c [48*1024];
>main()
>{
> for (;;);
>}
>
>I'm using an 11/73 with 1 meg and running an overlaid kernal with the networking
>code installed. There are a goodly number of daemons present too. The problem
>is when I reach the level where a swap is forced (about 13 of those beasts in
>the background), I get a short of swap; no more processes error. My swap device
>is about 2 meg, so there should be no problem. This is with the RL02 handler.
>Even killing these background beasts refuses to allow me to start any new
>processes. I tried this out on the old 2.9 release with no problems.
> Anyone run into this kind of trouble?
Yes, as a matter of fact we have the same problem with our 11/44
running the seismo/css 2.9. If you find any solutions let me know.
--Greg Wohletz
seismo!unrvax!unlv!greg
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!parcvax!unlv!greg From: greg@unlv.UUCP (Greg Wohletz) Newsgroups: net.bugs.2bsd Subject: Re: 2.9 swap problems Message-ID: <154@csee-vax.unlv.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 11:38:03 EST Article-I.D.: csee-vax.154 Posted: Mon Feb 24 11:38:03 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 06:52:18 EST References: <2529@reed.UUCP> Reply-To: greg@unlv.UUCP (Greg Wohletz) Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lines: 23