>I installed the latest OpenSolaris on my Compaq Presario F700.  The laptop
>is getting hot and the fan doesn't stop running.  The memory usage is at
>around 70%, I read that is the filesystem and I lowered that usage with
>'set zfs:zfs_arc_max = 512000'.
>
>Any suggestions on how to lower the temp?  How bad would it be if I lowered
>that even more ( I have 2GB RAM)?

The amount of memory in use doesn't matter; what is important how busy the 
CPU is and how Solaris handles the CPU when it is idle.

What CPU is it?  How busy is the CPU?

Casper





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