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- From: harris@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (Michael Harris)
- Subject: Re: Adding more memory: what should I change?
- Message-ID: <harris.712097226@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Jul16.131808.29676@cs.rochester.edu> <13640014@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 20:47:06 GMT
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- glen@hpfcmgw.FC.HP.COM (Glen Robinson) writes:
-
- >> has come and soon I will have 16mb. I know that I must change the
- >> initial size of the swapfile (listed in the config.sys), but I don't
- >> know what I should change it to. So could someone out there please
- >> let me know how large a swapfile I should have? Also, is there anything
-
- >I don't claim to be any kind of an expert on tuning, but the default you
- >get when installing with 16 MB to start with is 2048 2048.
-
- To find out about the swappath statement in CONFIG.SYS, type HELP SWAPPATH
- on an OS/2 command line. Then double-click on the parameters you want
- explained.
-
- All statements in CONFIG.SYS are defined in the COMMAND REFERENCE.
-
- Also keep in mind that you are only changing the INITAL size of the swapfile.
-
- Also, you didn't HAVE to change the numbers. The only reason that parameter
- exists is to specify the initial size of the swapfile based upon how much
- memory you have. The less memory, the bigger the initial swapfile. The idea
- is that the less memory you have, the more likely you are to swap. If you are
- going to swap a lot, go ahead and make the swapfile big at first because it
- slows down swapping when the swapfile has to grow.
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- Michael Harris - harris@catt.ncsu.edu or harris@carvm3.vnet.ibm.com
- System Administrator, Computer & Technologies Theme Program, NC State Univ.
- (My opinions are my own and do not represent those of NCSU or IBM Corporation)
-