Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!censor!geac!alias!barney!rae From: Reid Ellis Subject: My "System" eats all my System 7 Virtual Memory Message-ID: Summary: When I use virtual memory [without running 32-bit] the "System" memory partition seems to eat most of the "new" memory Keywords: system 7, virtual memory, no 32-bit Sender: Reid Ellis Reply-To: Reid Ellis Organization: Alias Research, Inc. Toronto ON Canada Date: 20 Jan 91 19:10:32 GMT I'm running System 7.0b on a Mac IIci with 8Mb of real RAM. When I try using virtual memory [without running in 32-bit mode] to boost my available memory up a few Meg [I think 11 Mb is the limit without running 32-bit] I find the System partition swells immensely. The result is that after sacrificing 11 Mb of disk space and some speed [for swapping] I end up with a whole extra 900k or so of usable memory. What is it that the system is doing? Is it swapping a ton of code into memory to handle the virtual memory? PS: I can't run in 32-bit because QuickMail won't run. :-( Reid -- Reid Ellis 176 Brookbanks Drive, Toronto ON, M3A 2T5 Canada rae@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu || rae%alias@csri.toronto.edu CDA0610@applelink.apple.com || +1 416 446 1644