Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu!tgingric From: tgingric@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Swap Space (was Re: The Three Religions of NeXT X) Message-ID: <1991Jan15.185354.13326@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> Date: 15 Jan 91 18:53:54 GMT References: <1991Jan15.135156.5950@uncecs.edu> <41752@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: right.magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu In article <41752@nigel.ee.udel.edu> new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New) writes: >In article <1991Jan15.135156.5950@uncecs.edu> jfreem@uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman) writes: >>NextStep doesn't either. Otherwise it, the operating systems and a dozen >>applications (that really use the environment) would not fit on a 105 disk >>with swap area. > >ACK! Is this true? I thought the swap space got its own 40Meg disk. >Or is that only on OD configurations? If there's 40Meg on a 105Meg >disk used for swapping, I can see why all that good stuff does not come >with the small disk configuration. -- Darren >-- No extra swap disks on the new stations. I don't even know if the OD only configurations have a 40Mb swap disk. None of the literature I have lists a 40Mb + OD as an option available from NeXT. Of course, you could by the OD only system & home-brew a swap disk. I don't think the 105Mb systems have a LOT (eg 40Mb) used for swap. I would expect ~ 8Mb of swap space. Various folks on the Net have posted a lot of ways to crunch/archive the 105Mb & get a "more useful configuration". I'm still waiting for my 400Mb system, but can someone with a 105 please post details like: 1) How much disk space is free on the system when it's delivered? 2) How much disk is set aside for swap. 3) What is a good amount of swap space on a single-user system. (Anyone done some performance testing with different memory configurations and various swap areas -- what's a good compromise??) Tyler