Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!ox.com!b-tech!b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us!zeeff From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Using swapon with a RT running 4.3bsd Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 91 19:28:58 GMT Sender: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) Organization: Branch Technology Lines: 34 Has anyone sucessfully used swapon on a rt running 4.3bsd? hd0b and hd2b are about 16MB each. memhog tried to grab 7MB and failed. i irie:/u2/tmp $ ulimit -m 8000 irie:/u2/tmp $ irie:/u2/tmp $ cat /etc/fstab /dev/hd0a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/rhd0b swap swap rw 0 0 /dev/hd1a /u2 ufs rq 1 3 /dev/hd1b /u3 ufs rq 1 4 /dev/hd2a /u4 ufs rq 1 3 /dev/rhd2b swap swap rw 0 0 irie:/u2/tmp $ swapon -a Adding /dev/rhd0b as swap device Adding /dev/rhd2b as swap device irie:/u2/tmp $ ./memhog malloc failed irie:/u2/tmp $ vmstat procs memory page faults cpu r b w avm fre re at pi po fr de sr h0 h1 h2 d3 in sy cs us sy id 1 0 0 2664 3496 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 35 157 46 4 11 85 irie:/u2/tmp $ From top: Memory: 5822K (3168K) real, 7810K (3890K) virtual, 3144K free Looks to me like swapon just doesn't work. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong? -- Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ) zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us