Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!whuts!homxb!genesis!hotlr!anumb!adh From: adh@anumb.UUCP (a.d.hay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Increasing swap space on a UNIX PC / 3B1 Message-ID: <389@anumb.UUCP> Date: 17 Nov 88 13:20:40 GMT References: <17973@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Reply-To: adh@anumb.UUCP (a.d.hay) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - MV Lines: 20 In article <17973@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> kirkaas@cs.ucla.edu (paul kirkaas) writes: -->I have a 3B1 / PC 7300 with a 67 MB drive. I want to increase the -->virtual memory swap space. I know I have to regen the whole system, but -->I don't know what steps to take in the initiallization. you have to reformat the HD with the diagnostic disk. type "s4tools". this gets you into a hidden mode. then do the HD format utility. there's a point where it asks if the system will be single user, then multi user; this will allocate either 3000 or 5000 blocks. if you answer 'no' to both, it will ask you how big the swap should be. -->Thanks. you're welcome. (i hope i remembered it right! ;^>) -- Andrew Hay +------------------------------------------------------+ Holistic Specialist | I will design a computer for you, so powerful that | AT&T-BL Ward Hill MA | organic life will form part of its operational matrix| mvuxq.att.com!adh +------------------------------------------------------+