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- From: cambria@smaug.enet.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria)
- Subject: Re: Does anyone know...Swap File
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.143519.5766@nntpd.lkg.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1993Jan4.185513.15544@apgea.army.mil> <Gary.Woodman.905.726283143@anu.edu.au> <1993Jan06.162100.29821@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan6.211403.29036@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 13:29:32 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.211403.29036@njitgw.njit.edu>, dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes...
- >In article <1993Jan06.162100.29821@watson.ibm.com> cnadler@vnet.ibm.com (Cliff Nadler) writes:
- >>Actually, you can control it's existence by the MEMMAN parameter. If you make
- >>it NOSWAP, it will only use the real memory in your system. However, if you
- >>run out of memory, you're in trouble. Since most systems use the swapper (even
- >>mine with 14Mb), you can run out of room real quick.
- >
- >I'd recommend not using NOSWAP unless you have a MINIMUM of 20MB of
- >memory. I have 8MB of RAM, and my swapfile typically varies between
- >6MB and 10MB, occasionally spiking to 12MB. This is having DINFO,
- >CLOCK, ALARMS, Daily Planner, a windowed session, GNU-Emacs, GCC/2,
- >and the Tooklit PM reference open and running at once.
- >
- >I'm running OS/2 2.0 at service level XR-6055.
- >--
- > |) David Charlap | .signature confiscated by FBI due to
- > /|_ dic5340@hertz.njit.edu | an ongoing investigation into the
- >((|,) | source of these .signature virusses
- > ~|~
-
- I have 20MB and tried to use MEMMAN to run without swapping.
- After starting EPM from an os2 window, the system hung. Nothing
- else was running. I tried this just after rebooting (caused by
- changing config.sys MEMMAN.)
-
- I don't recommend using it even with 20MB.
-
- With swapping enabled, my swap size very rarely goes beyond the
- inital (1MB) value specified in config.sys. I only tried to disable
- swapping in the first place to see if, on my system, os2 can really
- see > 16MB of RAM. I do have the SP16MB patch applied. I am at
- level XR06055.
-
- /Mike
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