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- From: adhir@wam.umd.edu (Al Dhir)
- Subject: Re: Incredible Growing Swapfile problem
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.213048.17266@wam.umd.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:30:48 GMT
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- In article <BxL1G2.FCx@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> bradshaw@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw) writes:
- >Well, it seems after the CSD I know how the wonderful incredible growing
- >swapfile problem and deleting the swapfile doesn't work. Nothing seems to
- >be mentioned in the README file. The problem isn't that it grows, at this
- >time I am running Os/2 Kermit ONLY and its 8MB. It started at 4mb. If I close
- >and reopen application it grows rather than reusing the swapfile. It will
- >continue until there is 2mb left on the drive (at 13mb) in my 8mb machine.
- >I was fine under the GA and Beta.
- >
- I had this problem ever since the CSD also...as did a few other people I
- have been in contact with. As it turn out, the common mistake we all made
- was happily installing a background BMP ever since my new 256 color drivers.
- For some reason, installing a BMP makes the swapfile grow like mad. Remove
- it and all will be swell...
-
- Good luck.
-