Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Julien Bournelle
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:34:50AM -0500, John Mills wrote: Freebies - How can I check the amount of RAM and swap memory in use (like the Linux console command: 'free')? top ? Thanks. - John Mills To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Julien Bournelle
Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? it depend if you have free space on your hard disk, if so you can try growfs. If not, you have to wipe your installation and start again :-( good luck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread DaleCo Help Desk
From: John Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Julien Bournelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: John Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:47 AM Subject: Re: Checking RAM and swap use Julien - On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Julien Bournelle wrote: On Tue, Oct

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
Julien - On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Julien Bournelle wrote: On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:34:50AM -0500, John Mills wrote: How can I check the amount of RAM and swap memory in use (like the Linux console command: 'free')? top ? blush Thanks - I had been ignoring that part of the

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread John Mills
Julien - On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Julien Bournelle wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? it depend if you have free space on your hard disk, if so you can try growfs. If not, you have to wipe your installation and start

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread John Mills
Hello - On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, DaleCo Help Desk wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? #man swapon SWAPON(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual SWAPON(8) NAME swapon - specify additional device for

Re: Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 09:37:13AM -0500, John Mills wrote: Julien - On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Julien Bournelle wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? it depend if you have free space on your hard disk, if so you can

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:47:08AM -0500, John Mills wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? No. You can add extra file backed swap devices on the fly --- doesn't even need a reboot. See vnconfig(8) for details.

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:47:08AM -0500, John Mills wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? No. You can add extra file backed swap devices on the fly --- doesn't even need a reboot. See vnconfig(8) for details.

Re: Checking RAM and swap use

2002-10-29 Thread Frank Bartels
Heya, On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:47:08AM -0500, John Mills wrote: Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my installation and start again? I think the best solution would be: Add more RAM. + better performance (decreases swap used) + fast installation (total