Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 3 Aug 1997 21:34:08 -0400 (EDT) | | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | | Subject | Re: The /sbin/update Daemon |
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On Mon, 4 Aug 1997, Marcus B wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > >Update periodically flushes dirty file-buffers to disk. If it isn't [SNIPPED]
> > That's very interesting, since every 10-20 minutes (even 30) after making > the hard-dirve do lots of work (except compiles?), I virtually lose my > computer for about 2-3 mins due to long continuous hard-drive activity, is > this update? > Nope, not unless your file-system is on a floppy. You just can't have enough dirty buffers to keep your disk active for 2-3 minutes. It looks like you have a low RAM problem and you are seeing "thrashing" of the swap file (partition).
Generally, your swap file size should be one of the following:
(1) At least 64 megabytes. (2) Three times your RAM size.
... which ever is greater.
You should use a swap partition instead of a swap file although files work for temporary work-arounds. A seperate swap DISK is usually even better.
Cheers, DJ Richard B. Johnson Analogic Corporation Penguin : Linux version 2.1.44 on an i586 machine (66.15 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to stay on the trailing edge of technology. Linux : Engineering tool Windows : Typewriter
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