Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!news.cs.indiana.edu!msi.umn.edu!noc.MR.NET!gacvx2.gac.edu!scott From: scott@mcs-server.gac.edu (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: YASOQ Message-ID: Date: 5 Dec 90 21:53:14 GMT References: <11694.275cf7f6@ecs.umass.edu> Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: mcs-server.gac.edu In-reply-to: gerst@ecs.umass.edu's message of 5 Dec 90 13:36:37 GMTLines: 21 In article <11694.275cf7f6@ecs.umass.edu> gerst@ecs.umass.edu writes: Now, I have a question. mach_swapon is documented as supporting multiple swapfiles. In my experience, this is NOT the case. I have configured 1, 2 and 3 swapfiles in various combinations across the OD and HD. when #1 preferred swapfile hits the high water mark, the system comes to a grinding halt. I spent a solid day reconfiguring swapfiles and rebooting (reboots and fsck are fun!). And the system never touched any of the secondary swapfiles. Has, does or will mach_swapon *USE* more than one swapfile? I guess that this "bug" is documented (somewhere). Also, I've heard that NextStep2.0's version of Mach will support it, though I can't remember where I heard it, so maybe that's not reliable info. But I seem to remember being impressed, so maybe it was . . . -- scott hess scott@gac.edu Independent NeXT Developer (Stuart) GAC Undergrad (Horrid. Simply Horrid. I mean the work!)