Re: [cobalt-users] Memory upgrade - any additional steps?

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Webmaster : Beyond2K wrote:

> > > > > > This is what I thought as all previous upgrades have worked and swap
> > > > > file size
> > > > >has adjusted accordingly by itself.
> > > > >
> > > > >What?
> > > > >The swap file size adjusted by itself?
> > > > >I don't think so! Would you please confirm that.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Whenever I have upgraded my RAM it always adjusts the swap size to match on
> > > my RAQ4's
> > >
> >
> > Sounds like that could be a problem...
> > It may be that the memory manager assumes the swap space will be the same
> > as the RAM.
> >
> > Now guess what happens when the memory manager attempts to swap more
> > memory than the actual swap partition size.
>
> Right - I have RAQ4's in the configuration I am upgrading from (128) and also in the configuration I am updating too (256). Both of
> these are configured for that memory from day dot.
>
> Knowing this can I find out whether things need adjusting or not and if so how?
>
run fdisk /dev/hda
'p'   print the partition table
'q'   quit
The partition table should tell your swap file size

Gerald
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