On Thu, 28 May 1998 13:54:42 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see someone else gave you some pointers dealing with your swap partitions, so I will
add something else:
Since you have more than 64MB of memory, you should add some information to your boot.
In lilo.conf, below the 'label=' and 'root=' statements, add the following line:
append = "mem=70M"
If there already is an append = statement, add the mem=70M to the information already
there. This will tell
Linux to use all 70MB of memory. (it may only be using a small amount of memory at
the moment which could
be a large part of your problem).
Try the 'free' command and see what the current value for 'total' is.... then make
the change.
>I am new to Linux, and I have some problems:
>
>I have a 70Mb RAM, 2.5 Gb HD 120 Mhz Pentium. My linux is SuSE 5.1 and I
>have a 0,9 Gb Linux partition (ext2 fs) and a 60 Mb Swap Partition. My
>problem is that when I open many programs and I run out of memory my system
>did not swap it to disk.
>I have tried to change the priority of swap (in etc/fstab I think), it was
>-1. But my problem is the same: the machine hangs.
>
>I have recompiled the kernel with different options and it does no work.
>Please tell me the appropiate priority for swaping.
>
>Thank You.
> Enrique
>
>
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+ Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 05/28/98 20:16 +
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