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From: tvz@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Timothy Van Zandt)
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Subject: Re: 8MB Blues (or M'ma vs VM)
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Date: 5 Mar 91 12:26:37 GMT
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In article <1991Mar3.055657.3212@math.ucla.edu> barry@pico.math.ucla.edu
   (Barry Merriman) writes:

>to avoid these unsightly VM failures, get some more memory. 
>A total of 20MB RAM would appear sufficient for a single user
>(i.e. add 4 x 4MB). Also, remember you'll need to allow
>for a bigger swapfile as well on your hard disk. 

Why does increasing memory increase the required size of the swap
file? I heard this mentioned before, but it seems like the opposite
should be true.


Tim Van Zandt
tvz@princeton.edu