Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:17748 alt.sys.sun:226
Path: utzoo!yunexus!ists!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!sharkey!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv
From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,alt.sys.sun
Subject: Re: the 10% factor (making swap files)
Message-ID: <10138@stag.math.lsa.umich.edu>
Date: 17 Nov 89 19:57:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: stag.10138
References: <21436@adm.BRL.MIL> <2643@auspex.auspex.com>
Sender: news@math.lsa.umich.edu
Reply-To: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor
Lines: 17

Dave Hitz's article refers to creating swap files with mkfile
(this is on a sun at least) and recommends not to use the -n
option since that will lead to fragmented swapfiles.

That's fine but -- space is a bit tight here, & various people
use their machines differently.  I'd really like to give most
people on diskless 4m 3/50's a 16M swap file that has say
8M pre-allocated & filled w/whatever it takes to swap nicely,
and leave the other 8M to grow dynamically just in case 
someone manages to need it.

I don't see a way to do it with the tools provided, -- does
this approach make sense, & what would it take to do it ?

thanks

--Ed