On Friday 13 June 2003 15:29, Lamar Owen wrote:
> It is or was a Linux kernel problem. The 2.2 kernel required double swap
> space, even though it wasn't well documented. Early 2.4 kernels also
> required double swap space, and it was better documented. Current Red Hat
> 2.4 kernels, I'm not sure which VM system is in use. The old VM certainly
> DID require double physical memory swap space.
After consulting with some kernel gurus, you can upgrade to a straight Alan
Cox (-ac) kernel and turn off overcommits to cause it to fail the allocation
instead of blowing processes out at random when the overcommit bites.
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Lamar Owen
WGCR Internet Radio
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