> > OpenBSD 4.7 (GENERIC) #558: Wed Mar 17 20:46:15 MDT 2010
> > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
> > cpu0: Intel Pentium II ("GenuineIntel" 686-class, 512KB L2 cache) 234MHz
> > cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,MMX
> > real mem = 100233216 (95MB)
> > avail mem = 87961600 (83MB)
> > pstat -s
> > Device 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Priority
> > swap_device 329980 0 329980 0% 0
> OK, I'm game to ask after seeing Theo's response. I actually have some
> equipment like this, not that I use it this way, "normally".
You're kidding.
> So, change a setting or rewrite things to fit better in this small
> memory space?
There is no solution. The tables are in kernel memory.
The kernel isn't going to go out to swap space to check if packets
should flow through. Would anyone want that? No, of course not.
> I was actually using that laptop to make some pretty extensive website
> changes last year, while traveling with little internet access.
> Filled those boring hours while I waked up hours before the "world" back
> then. No regrets having brought that old thing with me! :)
Laptops tend to have more than 83MB of available memory.
