Re: Virtual Memory

[rcwash_(_at_)_us_(_dot_)_ibm_(_dot_)_com]

As a reletive newbie to OpenBSD this brings up a question to me...

Some other Unix varients, Solaris for one, use the swap area as a crash
dump site.  That is, should the system crash the OS will dump RAM to the
swap space and then offer to write the dump to a real file upon reboot
where it can be examined.  So swap MUST be larger than RAM or you would run
into trouble.

Does OpenBSD have a similar mechanism?  Or is the swap space requirement
solely dependent on run time needs?

Thanks much.

Bob W.

"Jeff Flowers" <sikak43_(_at_)_gateway_(_dot_)_net>@openbsd.org on 04/13/2000 05:07:49 PM

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Subject:  Virtual Memory



I just upgraded my computer from 64MB to 192MB of RAM. What size swap
should
I use? Lots of people suggest two times the RAM but can OpenBSD use a swap
that large?


Thanks,

Jeff